The Stonemason
19 June 2014
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Set in Kentucky among four generations of a family losing its craft, The Stonemason is a moving play from Cormac McCarthy, legendary author of Blood Meridian and The Road.
'Expertly constructed and limpidly written' – Chicago Tribune
Ben Telfair admires and respects his grandfather for following the family trade with religious simplicity. Black and middle-class in the 1970s, he has acheived well....
Details
19 June 2014
144 pages
9781447272168
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Expertly constructed and limpidly written, the play triumphs in its presentation of Papaw, whose earthy wisdom McCarthy makes altogether credible.Chicago Tribune
Mr McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style, one that fuses risky eloquence, intricate rhythms and dead-to-rights accuracy.New York Times
McCarthy is a born storyteller, a writer of natural, impeccable dialogue, a literary child of Faulkner.New Republic