This overview of McCarthys published work to date including the shortstories he published as a student his novels stage play and TV film scriptlocates him as a ... » 

This overview of McCarthys published work to date including the shortstories he published as a student his novels stage play and TV film scriptlocates him as a icocolastic writer engaged in deconstructing Americas visionof itself as a nation with an exceptionalist role in the world.Introductory chapters outline his personal background and the influences onhis early years in Tennessee whilst each of his works is dealt with in aseparate chapter listed in chronological order of publication. «