I have never read it. Definitely been on the list since every McCarthy obituary compared the two writers. My girlfriend tried it earlier this year and hated it so I’m excited to enjoy it and tell her she’s wrong!
I have never read it. Definitely been on the list since every McCarthy obituary compared the two writers. My girlfriend tried it earlier this year and hated it so I’m excited to enjoy it and tell her she’s wrong!
Have fun! There are a few chapters devoted solely to the history and art of whaling that seem dense and pointless but just keep pushing on. It’s so worth it. Melville had an almost Shakespearean sense of epic and drama.
I have never read it. Definitely been on the list since every McCarthy obituary compared the two writers. My girlfriend tried it earlier this year and hated it so I’m excited to enjoy it and tell her she’s wrong!
Have fun! There are a few chapters devoted solely to the history and art of whaling that seem dense and pointless but just keep pushing on. It’s so worth it. Melville had an almost Shakespearean sense of epic and drama.