Cormac McCarthy bibliography

Cormac McCarthy
bibliography
	McCarthy in 1973
Novels↙	10
Stories↙	3
Plays↙	2
Essays↙	1
	References and footnotes

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. McCarthy has written ten novels, spanning the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres, as well as multiple short-stories, screenplays, plays, and an essay.

In 1985, he published Blood Meridian, which received a lukewarm response. The novel has since gained great esteem and is often seen as his magnum opus — some have even labelled it the Great American Novel.^[1]

Novels

First-edition covers of McCarthy's first four novels
The Orchard Keeper (1965)
Outer Dark (1968)
Child of God (1973)
Suttree (1979)

Key
†	Denotes a work that have not yet been released
#	Denotes an entry in The Border Trilogy

Title	Publication	ISBN	Ref(s)
The Orchard Keeper	1965	ISBN 0-679-72872-4
Outer Dark	1968	ISBN 0-679-72873-2
Child of God	1973	ISBN 0-679-72874-0
Suttree	1979	ISBN 0-679-73632-8
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West	1985	ISBN 0-679-72875-9
All the Pretty Horses #	1992	ISBN 0-679-74439-8
The Crossing #	1994	ISBN 0-679-76084-9
Cities of the Plain #	1998	ISBN 0-679-74719-2
No Country for Old Men	2005	ISBN 0-375-70667-4	^[2]
The Road	2006	ISBN 0-307-38789-5

Short fiction


Title	Publication	Notes	Text
"Wake for Susan"	1959	^[3]	[1]
"A Drowning Incident"	1960	^[4]	[2]
The Dark Waters	1965	^[5]	[3]

Essays


Title	Publication	Subject	Notes	Text
"The Kekulé Problem"	2017	Written for the Santa Fe Institute, it explores the origin of language.	^[6]	[4]

Screenplays


Title	Publication	ISBN	Link
The Gardener's Son	1996	ISBN 0-88001-481-4	[5]
The Counselor	2013	ISBN 978-1-4472-2764-9	[6]

Unpublished


Title	Completed
The Sunset Limited	2011

Plays


Title	Publication	ISBN	Link
The Stonemason	1995	ISBN 978-0-679-76280-5
The Sunset Limited	2006	ISBN 0-307-27836-0

Dramatic adaptations

Released: Television:

The Gardener's Son (airdate January 1977) was broadcast as part of a series for PBS. McCarthy wrote the screenplay upon request for director Richard Pearce.^[7]
An adaptation of McCarthy's play The Sunset Limited (2006) aired on HBO in February 2011, starring Tommy Lee Jones (who also directed) and Samuel L. Jackson.^[8]

Feature films:

McCarthy's 1992 novel All the Pretty Horses was made into a 2000 film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.
McCarthy's 2005 novel No Country for Old Men was adapted into a 2007 Academy Award-winning film directed by the Coen brothers and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem.
A 2009 film based on the 2006 novel The Road was directed by John Hillcoat and adapted by Joe Penhall.^[9] The leading roles include Viggo Mortensen as the father,^[10] Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy, Charlize Theron as the wife,^[11] and Robert Duvall as the old man. The film opened on November 25, 2009 to mostly positive reviews.^[12]
A 2013 film adaptation of McCarthy's 1973 novel Child of God, directed by James Franco, premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.^[13]

Short films:

In 2009, Outer Dark was made into a 15-minute short film (directed by Stephen Imwalle)^[14] released on the U.S. festival circuit.

Rumored

A film adaptation of Blood Meridian has been rumored for years; James Franco, Todd Field, Scott Rudin, and Ridley Scott have been connected at one point or another to the project, which has fallen through at least twice.^[15]^[16]

References

^ Dalrymple, William. "Blood Meridian is the Great American Novel". Reader's Digest. McCarthy's descriptive powers make him the best prose stylist working today, and this book the Great American Novel.
^ Wood, James (July 18, 2005). "Red Planet". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ McCormack, McCarthy (February 2, 2011) [October 1959]. "Wake for Susan". The Phoenix. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
^ McCarthy, Cormac (March 1960). "A Drowning Incident". The Phoenix. pp. 3–4.
^ McCarthy, Cormac (Spring 1965). "The Dark Waters". The Sewanee Review. pp. 210–16. JSTOR 27541110.
^ McCormack, McCarthy (April 17, 2017) [April 2017]. "The Kekulé Problem". Nautilus. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
^ Woodward, Richard B. (April 19, 1992). "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction – Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
^ Maerz, Melissa (January 9, 2011). "Midseason Television preview: 'The Sunset Limited'". Los Angeles Times.
^ "John Hillcoat Hits The Road". Empire Online UK.
^ "Is Guy Pearce Going on 'The Road'?". Cinematical.com. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008.
^ Staff (January 15, 2008). "Theron Hits The Road". Sci Fi Wire. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
^ Zeitchik, Steven (October 18, 2008). "Road rerouted into 2009 release schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters.
^ Rooney, David (August 31, 2013). "Child of God: Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "Outer Dark (2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^ Staskiewicz, Keith. "EW exclusive: James Franco talks directing William Faulkner, and how Jacob from 'Lost' helped him land 'Blood Meridian'". ew.com. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
^ Anderton, Ethan. "James Franco Maybe Adapting 'As I Lay Dying' & 'Blood Meridian'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

External links

[1] Dalrymple, William. "Blood Meridian is the Great American Novel". Reader's Digest. McCarthy's descriptive powers make him the best prose stylist working today, and this book the Great American Novel.

[2] Wood, James (July 18, 2005). "Red Planet". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

[3] McCormack, McCarthy (February 2, 2011) [October 1959]. "Wake for Susan". The Phoenix. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

[4] McCarthy, Cormac (March 1960). "A Drowning Incident". The Phoenix. pp. 3–4.

[5] McCarthy, Cormac (Spring 1965). "The Dark Waters". The Sewanee Review. pp. 210–16. JSTOR 27541110.

[6] McCormack, McCarthy (April 17, 2017) [April 2017]. "The Kekulé Problem". Nautilus. pp. 3–6. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[7] Woodward, Richard B. (April 19, 1992). "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction – Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2010.

[8] Maerz, Melissa (January 9, 2011). "Midseason Television preview: 'The Sunset Limited'". Los Angeles Times.

[9] "John Hillcoat Hits The Road". Empire Online UK.

[10] "Is Guy Pearce Going on 'The Road'?". Cinematical.com. November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008.

[11] Staff (January 15, 2008). "Theron Hits The Road". Sci Fi Wire. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2006.

[12] Zeitchik, Steven (October 18, 2008). "Road rerouted into 2009 release schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters.

[13] Rooney, David (August 31, 2013). "Child of God: Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

[14] "Outer Dark (2009)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

[Exclusive-15] Staskiewicz, Keith. "EW exclusive: James Franco talks directing William Faulkner, and how Jacob from 'Lost' helped him land 'Blood Meridian'". ew.com. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

[Maybe-16] Anderton, Ethan. "James Franco Maybe Adapting 'As I Lay Dying' & 'Blood Meridian'". firstshowing.net. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

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