ONE of the least likely success stories in recent years is the rise of Cormac McCarthy -- the reclusive, thesaurus-clutching author of unfashionable, hyper-violent Southern Gothic, who became the equally reclusive author of unfashionable Western novels of cowboy-myth. But with "All the Pretty Horses," McCarthy became a literary superstar, with the critical and cinematic success of "No Country For … [Read more...]