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Cormac McCarthy novel divides parish book club

Original: A Cormac McCarthy novel tore my parish book club apart

A writer for America Magazine recounts how a Cormac McCarthy novel split their Catholic parish book club into opposing camps. The piece describes members clashing over the novel's violence and bleak moral vision, with some readers finding religious depth in McCarthy's prose and others finding it irredeemably dark. The essay has struck a chord as a lighter, relatable story about faith communities arguing over literature.

Why now: It is a relatable, humorous first-person account of a book club conflict that touches on faith, violence and what Catholics should read.

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