Comac McCarthy was a groomer: former gf reveals they met when she was 16 and he was 42

[afeelingunacted]

Cormac McCarthy began relationship with 16-year-old while 42 and married

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- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) November 20, 2024 at 2:07 PM

• Augusta Britt, now 64, has come forward and revealed to Vanity Fair that she and McCarthy began a relationship when she was 16 and he was 42
• They met at a motel pool and she recognized him from the

Comments

[sudols]

Not surprising at all considering the material within his works, especially Blood Meridian.

[swissbeauty23]

yeah I couldn't finish that one

[malorn]

yeah, I've read two and a half of his books, Blood Meridian being the half

[bullybreed]

Huh her being 64 now made realize how old Cormac must have been when he wrote the road and turns out he was in his 70s

He’s dead now 🤷‍♀️

[afeelingunacted]

Fun fact: that novel was inspired by his son, who he had with his third wife who he married when she was 32 and he was 64.

This article is just a long summary of the way he was a shit spouse and father:
https://www.distractify.com/p/cormac-mccarthy-married

[hotdoggoz]

Wow! What a piece of shit! I didn’t know any of this.

[para1]

Having read the article, I don't feel very great about McCarthy but I find it distressing that the only person who will have to live with the fallout and discourse of that relationship is the victim.

That being said, sending a McCarthy fanboy over there to Humbert Humbert the relationship, is definitely a normalizing move from VF. That should get way more backlash.

[naturesluzzer]

The VF article was so awful. Terribly written and treated Britt like a character or idea rather than a person.

[hotdoggoz]

I felt like they were trying to channel McCarthy in their writing, which was extremely gross.

[pulseraroja]

"But what we appear to have with lines about pressing 'my face between your thighs' is a writer with his nose pressed into the pure perfume between the open thighs of a book."

this dude needs to be on a list

[hay_nako]

neil gaiman should follow him in hell then