Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. SUTTREE -- Chapter 01. Suttree's War of the Worlds: High Noon in Knoxville -- Chapter 02. Suttree and the Brass Ring: Reaching for Thanksgiving in the Knoxville Gutter -- Chapter 03. Suttree Sutured: His Short Stay in Knoxville General -- Part II. BLOOD MERIDIAN -- Chapter 04. Blood Music: Reading Blood Meridian Aloud -- Chapter 05. Tragic Ecstasy: A Conversation with Harold Bloom about Blood Meridian -- Chapter 06. Blood Bath: A Conversation with Rick Wallach about Blood Meridian -- Part III. THE STONEMASON -- Chapter 07. Older Professions: The Fourth Wall of The Stonemason -- Part IV. THE GARDENER'S SON -- Chapter 08. Getting the Voices Right: A Conversation with Robert Morgan about The Gardener's Son -- Part V. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES -- Chapter 09. Notes on Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses -- Chapter 10. Losing Home: A Conversation with Ted Tally about All the Pretty Horses -- How to Flunk the Final Exam on Cormac McCarthy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.