Chapter 13 - Music

There Are Two Artists With The Name Cormac McCarthy 1 An American Country-Folk Singer
2 An American Novelist And Playwright 1 Cormac McCarthy Is An American Country-Folk Singer. Born In Ohio He Made His Singing Debut On WKRC Radio In Cincinnati As A Three-Year Old Belting Out "Davey Crockett" On His Father’s Radio Show. Twenty Years Later He Returned To Public Performing. Cormac’s Album 'Troubled Sleep' Helped To Kick Off Green Linnet' Redbird Series Devoted To Acoustic Musicians And Songwriters. Since Then Cormac Has Recorded Two Further Albums - 'Picture Gallery Blues' And 'Curious Thing'. 2 Cormac McCarthy Born Charles McCarthy July 20 1933 Is An American Novelist And Playwright. He Has Written Ten Novels In The Southern Gothic Western And Post-Apocalyptic Genres And Has Also Written Plays And Screenplays. He Received The Pulitzer Prize In 2007 For The Road And His 2005 Novel No Country For Old Men Was Adapted As A 2007 Film Of The Same Name Which Won Four Academy Awards Including Best Picture. He Received A National Book Award In 1992 For All The Pretty Horses. His Earlier Blood Meridian 1985 Was Among Time Magazine's Poll Of 100 Best English-Language Books Published Between 1923 And 2005 And He Placed Joint Runner-Up For A Similar Title In A Poll Taken In 2006 By The New York Times Of The Best American Fiction Published In The Last 25 Years. Literary Critic Harold Bloom Named Him As One Of The Four Major American Novelists Of His Time Along With Thomas Pynchon Don DeLillo And Philip Roth. He Is Frequently Compared By Modern Reviewers To William Faulkner. read less