Review of 'Blood Meridian'.

Theres bloody action, conflict, violence, gunplay, the wild spaces of the land of the North American Southwest, and equally as important, the Mexican Northwest. Oh, lets not forget sheer ambiguity that comes thru as just the facts, just the way that it is. The banality of this hell world maybe is its most annoying undercurrent.

There had been a John Glanton and a gang of scalp hunters under contract to the Mexican Governor of Chihuahua. Blood Meridian is also an advisory story on the dangers of privatization of army and law enforcement. Blood Meridian exists on a level all its own. Theres bloody action, conflict, violence, gunplay, the untouched spaces of the land of the North American Southwest, and equally as critical, the Mexican Northwest. Oh, lets not forget sheer ambiguity that comes thru as just the facts, just the way that it is. Broadcast in 1986, Blood Meridian is intrinsically eternal. John Glanton was a Texan originally from South Carolina by way of Tennes see, like so many other Texans. Shades of todays Blackwater and non-public mercenary groups in the Middle East and now more here in the U. S. Deer chihuahua. . The historic threads, good and malignant, the mythology and fact. The outsourcing of the conflict in Chihuahua against the Apaches finished in catastrophe. Maybe the most extraordinary thing about this novel is that while nothing good actually ever occurs, Mcarthy trains you not to expect it.