From: firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
      
   Di Monbak wrote:   
   > In article <403BF3C3.7060402@texas.net>, firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
   says...   
   >   
   >   
   >>McCarthy's novels are really about people and   
   >>very little about people and the land. Lea, who was so thoroughly   
   >>familiar with the border experience, integrated the landscape more   
   >>completely.   
   >   
   >   
   > Agreed. You reinforce the point I was   
   > trying to get across. Also, I wonder   
   > if McCarthy has spent much time on a   
   > horse himself.   
      
   Perhaps as much as the film maker whose rendition of a "bad" horse on   
   the Mexican ranch and the degree to which the vaqueros were thrilled by   
   the ride were less than convincing.   
      
   > Incidentally, as far as I know he moved   
   > from El Paso several years ago. I wonder   
   > what he's writing about now from wherever   
   > he landed - Santa Fe I seem to recall.   
      
      
   Right. Supposed to have something out this year, but I see   
   nothing yet on Knopf/Random House. If my notion that he was   
   impressed by Lea is correct, perhaps it will treat something like The   
   Hands of Cantu, for which Santa Fe would be appropriate.   
      
   (Or maybe it's just that now he can afford to live there.)   
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