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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Vintage International)

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Fiction

by Cormac McCarthy

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4.40 (13.8K ratings)
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description 368 pages

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy holds a highly rated rating of 4.40 out of 5, based on 13.8K reader ratings. First published in 1985. The book spans 368 pages.

About Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.

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Author Cormac McCarthy
Published 1985
Pages 368
Kindle Price $12.99
Genres Fiction
Average Rating 4.40 / 5.00
Total Ratings 13,789

Reader Ratings & Analysis

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With a rating of 4.40, Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West is rated above the global average of 4.17. Compared to its genre average of 4.47, it performs on par.

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What genre is Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West?

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West is categorized as Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Fiction.

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Based on 13.8K reader ratings, Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West has an average score of 4.40 out of 5.00, which is considered "Highly Rated."

How many pages is Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West?

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West has 368 pages.

Who wrote Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West?

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West was written by Cormac McCarthy. It was first published in 1985.

What is the ISBN for Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West?

The ISBN-13 for Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West is 9780394544823.

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