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Stella Maris

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Edoardo Ballerini
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God. Truth. Existence. From the legendary author Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris is a masterful coda to The Passenger.

'It's an uncanny, unsettling dream, tuned into the static of the universe' – New York Times

A mathematician, twenty years-old, is admitted to the hospital. She has forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, and one request. She does not want to talk about her brother.

Stella Maris is book two in a duology, preceded by The Passenger.

Praise for The Passenger:

'What a glorious sunset song . . . It’s rich and it’s strange, mercurial and melancholic' – Guardian

'The Passenger shows that McCarthy belongs in the company of Melville and Dostoevsky, writers the world will never cease to need' – New Statesman

Praise for Cormac McCarthy:

‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren

'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series

'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

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I mean McCarthy was one of the most well-read individuals you could think of. When he died the collection of his books was so extensive it's still taking years to catalogue. I often wanted to just sit down and hear his thoughts on the ideas that excited him. I reckon this is the closest I'll get. I'm frustrated by the other character's dumbness, but he's standing in for someone like me, with limited knowledge, to ground the work. The performances are perfect. If you ever wanted a window into some of Cormac's reading passions, presented in a calm accessible way, this is it.

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