The Passenger Series in Order by Cormac McCarthy

"The Passenger" is a novel written by Cormac McCarthy, an acclaimed American author known for his postmodern westerns. It was published in 2022, marking McCarthy's first novel in 16 years. The story revolves around two siblings, Bobby and Alicia Western, whose father played a role in the development of the atomic bomb. The novel explores themes of family, tragedy, and the enigmatic nature of the world. McCarthy began working on "The Passenger" in the 1970s and intermittently revisited it over the following decades. The book received mixed reviews but was generally well-received by critics. It is accompanied by a companion novel called "Stella Maris," which completes the story. "The Passenger" is described as a deep dive into the abyss, combining elements of a hardboiled noir thriller with McCarthy's signature style. Want to know more? Click IMDb to watch all the The Passenger movies and television works.

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Stella Maris
2022-12-06
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The Passenger
2022-10-25
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The Passenger
2022-10-25
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Stella Maris

Stella Maris

"Stella Maris" is one of two new books by Cormac McCarthy, the other being "The Passenger". It is a novel about grief, math, and the nature of knowledge. The title refers to a psychiatric hospital in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, and the book is a small and frequently elegiac novel. The story is a transcript of Alicia's therapy sessions, and the book hangs on her voice, which is preposterous. The themes of the book are dark, and it deals with suicide and the misery of trying to kill oneself. The book is best read while still buzzing from the previous book, "The Passenger". The novel is purely dialogue, devoid of the punctuation and dialogue tags commonly used for it, as McCarthy has always done. It is a slow-motion study of obliteration and feels like a full stop, a parting pronouncement on the whole sordid human experiment.
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Publication Date: 2022-12-06
ISBN-10: 0307269000 | ISBN-13: 9780307269003
The Passenger

The Passenger

"The Passenger" is a novel by Cormac McCarthy that was released in 2022, and it is the first book in more than a decade by the author. The novel follows the story of Bobby Western, a salvage diver who is haunted by loss and afraid of the watery deep. Bobby is pursued by shadowy agents who believe he stole something from a plane at the bottom of the sea, and he is longing for a conspiracy beyond his understanding. The book is part familial trauma story, including incest, and part slow-burning thriller. The novel is set in the same universe as McCarthy's companion novel "Stella Maris," which was released one month later. "The Passenger" has been generally well-received by critics, and it has been described as a "mathematical and analytical novel".
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Put Away
Publication Date: 2022-10-25
ISBN-10: 0307268993 | ISBN-13: 9780307268990
The Passenger

The Passenger

"The Passenger" is a novel by Cormac McCarthy that was released in 2022, and it is the first book in more than a decade by the author. The novel follows the story of Bobby Western, a salvage diver who is haunted by loss and afraid of the watery deep. Bobby is pursued by shadowy agents who believe he stole something from a plane at the bottom of the sea, and he is longing for a conspiracy beyond his understanding. The book is part familial trauma story, including incest, and part slow-burning thriller. The novel is set in the same universe as McCarthy's companion novel "Stella Maris," which was released one month later. "The Passenger" has been generally well-received by critics, and it has been described as a "mathematical and analytical novel".
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Put Away
Publication Date: 2022-10-25
ISBN-10: 0593663551 | ISBN-13: 9780593663554
The Passenger Box Set

The Passenger Box Set

The Passenger is a novel by Cormac McCarthy that was published in 2022. It follows the story of a salvage diver who is haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. The novel is set in the American South, from the garrulous barrooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast. The story is also about a brother and sister, Bobby and Alicia Western, who are haunted by loss, pursued by conspiracy, and longing for a death they cannot reconcile with God. The novel was generally well-received by critics, with some praising McCarthy for pushing his own artistic boundaries at such a late point in his literary career.
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Put Away
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
ISBN-10: 0593536045 | ISBN-13: 9780593536049
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