There are some images from Meridian like the snake bit horse and swinging the babies by the ankles and smashing their heads against rocks that will be forever etched in my brain.
I didn’t check how this turned to McCarthy but The Road is the second greatest love story of all time.
Hmm, that particular babies trope has been recycled in most wartime propaganda since the Crimean. It's in the Bible too. The Road was readable but I wouldn't recommend it myself. What's is the greatest love story of all time?
I'm actually curious about Lost Worlds goatskin - is it super thick and inflexible? I have never seen it or heard it described by anyone.
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