Great piece here. Just finished reading The Orchard Keeper this morning and I think you capture what makes it both strange and compelling. It's not really trying to tell a story or even invite you into a world. You're kept as an outsider while these men talk and monologue and behave badly.
It's a tricky and slippery book because I, at least, kept waiting for it to become something different.
Great piece here. Just finished reading The Orchard Keeper this morning and I think you capture what makes it both strange and compelling. It's not really trying to tell a story or even invite you into a world. You're kept as an outsider while these men talk and monologue and behave badly.
It's a tricky and slippery book because I, at least, kept waiting for it to become something different.
But then it's over.
This makes me want to check out Cormac McCarthy's novels.
Great write up? Have you read The Passenger yet? It’s on my book shelf but knowing it’s his last I just... can’t bring myself to start it.