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Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth

The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat

By Richard Grant

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/two-years-cormac-mccarthys-death-rare-access-to-personal-library-reveals-man-behind-myth-180987150/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

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Photo portrait of American author Cormac McCarthy used as the first-edition back cover of his 1973 novel Child of God. The photo portrait of Cormac McCarthy, used on the back cover of the first edition of Child of God (1973), presents the author in a stark, unadorned style. McCarthy is shown in black and white, his face turned slightly toward the camera with a calm, contemplative expression. His features are sharply defined — high forehead, dark hair combed back, strong jawline. He wears a simple collared shirt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy#/media/File:Cormac_McCarthy_(Child_of_God_author_portrait_-_high-res).jpg
Photo portrait of American author Cormac McCarthy used as the first-edition back cover of his 1973 novel Child of God. The photo portrait of Cormac McCarthy, used on the back cover of the first edition of Child of God (1973), presents the author in a stark, unadorned style. McCarthy is shown in black and white, his face turned slightly toward the camera with a calm, contemplative expression. His features are sharply defined — high forehead, dark hair combed back, strong jawline. He wears a simple collared shirt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy#/media/File:Cormac_McCarthy_(Child_of_God_author_portrait_-_high-res).jpg
Photo portrait of American author Cormac McCarthy used as the first-edition back cover of his 1973 novel Child of God. The photo portrait of Cormac McCarthy, used on the back cover of the first edition of Child of God (1973), presents the author in a stark, unadorned style. McCarthy is shown in black and white, his face turned slightly toward the camera with a calm, contemplative expression. His features are sharply defined — high forehead, dark hair combed back, strong jawline. He wears a simple collared shirt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy#/media/File:Cormac_McCarthy_(Child_of_God_author_portrait_-_high-res).jpg