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   Message 447,796 of 448,027   
   Paul S Person to All   
   Re: Cormac McCarthy's _The Road_   
   08 Feb 26 09:19:32   
   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:19:20 +0100, vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole)   
   wrote:   
      
   >In article <10le240$llr$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott   
   >Dorsey) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Why haven't I heard of this before?   
   >   
   >I hadn't heard of Cormac McCarthy until some time after I first watched   
   >the film adaption of his No Country For Old Men. He seems to be somewhat   
   >of a paradox - both obscure and universally praised for everything he ever   
   >wrote.   
      
   Now /that/ was a film worth seeing!   
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