Why am I passionate about this?
My name is Tim O’Leary and two of my books, Dick Cheney Shot Me in the Face–And Other Tales of Men in Pain and Men Behaving Badly, emanate from the minds of protagonists trying to do the right thing the wrong way or evil characters doing the wrong thing they believe to be right. I’m particularly drawn to those wonderful literary psychopaths that draw you in with compelling personalities, while reviling the reader with their heinous actions.
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Why did Tim love this book?
McCarthy’s writing is always brutal yet beautiful, and I think this is his best work.
Often, his characters are so chilling that they don’t seem quite human, with an almost sci-fi aura. The horrifying villain in this book is incredibly compelling, with an intelligence that transcends his robot-like demeanor with dark humor. That’s probably why he translated so well to the film version of this book.
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Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, instead finds men shot dead, a load of heroin, and more than $2 million in cash. Packing the money out, he knows, will change everything. But only after two more men are murdered does a victim's burning car lead Sheriff Bell to the carnage out in the desert, and he soon realizes that Moss and his young wife are in desperate need of protection. One party in the failed transaction hires an ex-Special Forces officer to defend his interests against a mesmerizing freelancer, while on either side are men accustomed to spectacular…