So two days ago I finished Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
(my 3 word review=obsidian lyrical mastery), loaned from a friend and left with another. Then good ol Cadalai, who I haven’t heard from in a while, got in touch via email. I asked for info on another mutual friend to discuss the novel with, as I was certain he’d read it by now and I was sort of gushing with the desire to discuss. Then Cadalai called to further add (with sadistic glee): McCarthy would be interviewed later that day on Oprah’s show. *Cue Dave Chappell character voice: “WHAT?”* I was incredulous. The third interview the man has given in 40 years and it’s going to be on Oprah – daytime television mostly geared to a docile female audience. But I was free at 4 and you bet your last bullet I tuned in.

If you’re willing to deal with some password jive, you can see the interview through Oprah’s site. There is also some other interesting analysis of that book award winner available. Another blogger attempted to live journal the interview in real time and did a decent job, to give an impression for the curious. Be sure to scroll to June 5 when searching.



To me, the moments it became most obvious Big O didn’t really have a grasp of her subject were when she tried to throw “3 wives later” in his face, and her clear shock at his non-materialistic, anti-glammor stance – a given for anyone who’s taken the man’s work to heart. Any theories as to what else went on behind the scenes to green light this interview in this forum?
Mr. McCarthy was much as I expected to find him, with the exception of choosing this venue.