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   Titus G to Paul S Person   
   Re: Cormac McCarthy's _The Road_   
   11 Feb 26 19:47:52   
   
   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 09/02/2026 06:19, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   Yes. It certainly was. The most faithful film to a book that I have ever   
   seen. But it wasn't his usual style nor did it include religion or   
   philosophy apart from the explanation of the title.   
      
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