Review of 'Blood Meridian'.

Blood Meridian exists on a level all its own. A western novel at its core, it meets, and then some, all of the prerequisites of the idiom. The banality of this hell world maybe is its most annoying undercurrent. Released in 1986, Blood Meridian is intrinsically never-ending. John Glanton was a Texan originally from South Carolina by way of Tennessee, like so many other Texans.

He had an exceedingly colourful background like so many other Texan lead runners. Blood Meridian exists on a level all its own. A western novel at its core, it satisfies, and then some, all of the needs of the idiom. Oh, lets not forget sheer paradox that comes thru as just the facts, just the way that it is. Blood Meridian is also an advisory story on the hazards of privatization of army and law enforcement. The outsourcing of the struggle in Chihuahua against the Apaches climaxed in catastrophe. Shades of todays Blackwater and personal mercenary groups in the Middle East and now more here in t he US. Set against a tripartite of a Mexican, Anglo, and Indigenous American back drop.

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