Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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Topic

The mysterious Stories Human nature

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 17.

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