In essence, McCarthy writes to explore the human condition, and it is on this exploration that all his works turn. From Blood Meridian, through to the Border Trilogy, including his most recognised novel, All The Pretty Horses, McCarthys works are close to being unremittingly bleak. McCarthy writes of a world that is real for very many people, of a badlands existence where life is palpable but the human grasp on it is tenuous.
















