Photo: From dust jacket: "Photograph of Cormac McCarthy by David Styles" (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

Also known as: Charles Joseph McCarthy, Charles McCarthy, Кормак Маккарти, كورماك مكارثي, 코맥 매카시, コーマック・マッカーシー

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