This is a well-known book, of course, widely described as a masterpiece. An unsettling masterpiece. Does it live up to the hype>
   Well, yes and no. It is very bleak, and the chief antagonist, Chigurh, is a chilling character. The story bowls along quite quickly - in fact, a bit too quickly in a couple of places, as the author deliberately misses out some of the story and you have to figure out what's happened (easy enough; it doesn't pretend to be a mystery story). So, ho-hum, okay.
   But what puts me off is the lack of punctuation. No doubt Cormac and his fans think this is super clever and cool, to omit speech marks and apostrophes but, as an editor, I disagree. I think it's a bit silly. What's the point?
   So I give this a reasonable score for plot and character, but sub-par for presentation. You pays your money and you makes your choice.