Who recommended it
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Blume strongly recommends McCarthy's work — particularly The Road, which directly inspired the title and central metaphor of his own book — describing the prose as demanding the same engaged reading as Shakespeare and carrying a deeply personal resonance about fatherhood, leadership, and keeping one's inner fire alive.
“The Shakespeare of American literature in current time, it's Cormac McCarthy... whether it's The Road, Blood Meridian, I could go on, it's like reading Shakespeare on steroids. The man is a brilliant wordsmith.”