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The Passenger

The Passenger

Author(s): Cormac McCarthy

Location(s): Mississippi

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1980

In his first book since winning the Pulitzer Prizer for The Road sixteen years ago, Cormac McCarthy returns with the first book in a two-part series. In Mississippi in 1980, Bobby Western dives into the ocean to investigate a crashed ocean liner. As he explores the crash site, he is haunted by officials, the ghost of his father, and by his sister who is the love and ruin of him. You won’t have to wait long for the sequel since the second book, Stella Maris, is coming out in November.

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