Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy (Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.) was born on July 20th, 1933. Cormac passed away June 13th, 2023 at 89 years old. Cormac McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Cormac McCarthy is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 7 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1965 with the novel The Orchard Keeper. The most recently released novel was The Road which was released in 2006.

Cormac McCarthy also wrote the Standalone Plays series which has 4 books including The Stonemason and The Gardener's Son.

Cormac McCarthy: Awards & Accolades

McCarthy's books have won multiple awards, All the Pretty Horses won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1992. No Country for Old Men won the Maltese Falcon Society, Falcon Award, in 2008.

Cormac McCarthy books have also been nominated for multiple awards, No Country for Old Men was nominated for the Hammett Prize, Best Crime Novel, in 2005. The Sunset Limited was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Audio Drama, in 2011. The Passenger was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Historical Fiction, in 2022.

Cormac McCarthy: Lists & Other Mentions

• The Passenger was a New York Times: 100 Notable Books in 2022.

Cormac McCarthy: TV/Movies Based on Books

All the Pretty Horses was made into a film in the year 2000, produced and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. The film starred Matt Damon as John Grady Cole, Henry Thomas as Lacey Rawlins, and Penélope Cruz as Alejandra Villarreal. The film was received negatively upon release, but film critic Roger Ebert was one of its fans as he rated it three-and-a-half out of four stars.

Child of God was turned into a 2013 film. It was co-written and directed by James Franco who also appeared in the film as Jerry. The movie starred Scott Haze as Lester Ballard and Tim Blake Nelson as Sheriff Fate.

No Country for Old Men may be the best adaptation of McCarthy's work. Adapted by the Coen brothers, the film was a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for awards all over the place with the biggest wins coming at the Academy Awards. No Country for Old Men won the award for Best Picture while Javier Bardem won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; the Coen brothers won Achievement in Directing (Best Director) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Road became a 2009 film starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film, much like the book, was extremely dark which was perhaps too much for some critics and viewers. It did have critical success though with generally favorable reviews and award nominations.

The Sunset Limited is another adaptation of McCarthy's work, but it was based on a play that he wrote instead of a novel. The film was directed by and starred Tommy Lee Jones alongside Samuel L. Jackson.

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Cormac McCarthy: F.A.Q