BREAKING: Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer-winning novelist known for ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men’ has died at age 89.
Jim Spellman / WireImage fileCormac McCarthy, the masterful prose stylist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who plumbed the depths of violence and vengeance in novels such as"Blood Meridian,""No Country for Old Men" and"The Road," died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.McCarthy's death was announced in a statement by his publisher, Penguin Random House. The company — citing the writer's son, John McCarthy — said he died of natural causes.
"For sixty years, he demonstrated an unwavering dedication to his craft, and to exploring the infinite possibilities and power of the written word," Malaviya said. "Millions of readers around the world embraced his characters, his mythic themes, and the intimate emotional truths he laid bare on every page, in brilliant novels that will remain both timely and timeless, for generations to come.
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