A review by bobbo49
The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy

5.0

Not nearly as dark as much of McCarthy's work, this beautifully poetic, deeply provocative and compelling novel is surely among the best of his writing. While there are some bleak moments, McCarthy's powers of description - both of people and of places - are simply stunning; for instance, his rendering of the way a newly blind man sees the world around him, or his philosophical reflections on why man gives names to places to bring his artificial order to the earth, are as wonderful to read, and reread, as anything I've come across in recent years. If you can stand a little blood and violence, which is simply de riguer with McCarthy, this is a marvelous read.