Cormack McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in 1933. His birth name was Charles, he later named himself after an old Irish king. After finishing school and getting a degree in liberal arts, he joined the air force for four years. Later, he moved to Chicago, working as a mechanic while writing his first novel. He married Lee Holleman, a poet, and had one son, Cullen. They later ended the marriage. Some time later, he went to Europe on a grant. While on the trip, he met Anne DeLisle, a British dancer. They married a year later. They settled on the island Ibiza , a kind of haven for artists at the time. Here he finished his novel Outer Dark. In 1967, at the behest of his wife, he return to America. They lived in Tenessee, in a farmhouse he renovated all on his own. It was here he wrote Child of God. In 1979 he finished Sutree, a book he was working on for the pst 20 or so years of his life, off and on. Many years later, around 1990, he had his only interview ever, with the New York Times. He spent the majority of the decade writing The Border Trilogy. He finished No Country for Old Men in 2005. A year later, he finished The Road.
Evolution of a Wild McCarthy
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