I think I finally read Suttree somewhere in that time as well.
I read Blood Meridian and loved it. I would love to see a "Dead Man" style western made from it.
After reading the "Outer Dark" and feeling rather unimpressed I tried to read the meandering and frustrating "Suttree"; with about 20 pages left I decided that this one trick pony wasn't getting any more of my time and put that snooze down.
Just when I thought I had gotten off the McCarthy bus, I read someone else's copy of "The Road" while on vacation. I read it in one sitting, intense in all the right ways, disturbing and touching. I think this is as close to a happy ending that this guy's ever going to get.
Now I have to play catch up and read "No Country..." before I see the movie.
Am I back on the bus? Maybe.