Cormac McCarthy's Legacy and Impact on Literature.
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Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Road" and "No Country for Old Men," has died at the age of 89. McCarthy was known for his brutally violent, morally ambiguous, often bleak novels in which men were pitted against primal forces. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and drew much of his literary inspiration from his Southern upbringing. McCarthy's most widely known work is "The Road," a post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son journeying through a ravaged landscape. McCarthy was married and divorced three times and fathered two sons.
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