In my last blog post I reviewed Book One of the Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy, and I said that his writing stayed in my mind long after reading the books. Well, now I'm on Book Two, I'm starting to think that these books will not only stay in my mind, but will possibly alter it. I feel that McCarthy knows things about humanity that can only be conveyed through story telling. If fiction writing was described as churches, then these books would be cathedrals. Time has to be set aside to read these books because McCarthy will not be rushed. There are long, long, monologues where a character is allowed to express their innermost thoughts on such heavy topics as the nature of God, life and the possibility of justice in the world. There are also many lines in Spanish, and once again, McCarthy is not interrupting the flow of his thoughts to translate all that for you. You either understand it or you don't, but it's surprising how quickly I was starting t...