[shrinkboy]

I read the book when it first came out. i am a huge mccarthy fan, and have been for many years. i do not feel that this is his best book, but it nevertheless kept me on the edge of my seat for the day and a half it took me to read it. the coen brothers production is like they took the story as i saw it unfold in my head and filmed it. there were sections of uncanny similarity in the movie-- for instance, the way the shootout scene in the desert appeared below the ridge top as lewellyn moss first found it.

i thought the film was absolutely terrific. javier bardem as anton chighur was the most chilling, horrifying bad guys ever put on screen. just an unbelievable performance. as were they all. i can't say enough good things about it.

it will be interesting to see the film version of The Road, McCarthy's finest novel, in my opinion, seconded only by fractions by Blood Meridian. The Road was the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction.