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Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy · Literary Fiction · 337 pages
36 Pulse Score
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#396 All Time
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Based on incidents that took place in the southwestern United States and Mexico around 1850, this novel chronicles the crimes of a band of desperados, with a particular focus on one, "the kid," a boy of fourteen.
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