Cormac McCarthy's Attack on Roman Catholicism in Suttree
Love the book and found this an interesting read that I didn’t find had been previously posted in the sub
My great-great-great grandfather was one of Irish immigrants / parishioners that did the stonework on Immaculate Conception in Knoxville. I was raised in Catholic school all 12 years (no scandals, wonderful community and lifelong friends) but am probably closer to being an atheist many years later.
“The point here is not to make an ad hominem smear of Cormac McCarthy, but to note that, when writers render personal experience into fiction, they are seldom trustworthy.[7]” this is a reference to Augusta Britt … but I’m confused what he means by authors being less trustworthy by writing what they’ve lived. This quality is what made Hunter Thompson so uniquely qualified to write (fiction or non).