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Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. Picador Classic. Softcover, English text, new condition. "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy tells the story of "the kid," a young runaway who joins a violent gang of scalp hunters on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s. The novel explores themes of violence, nihilism, and the dark side of the American West, following the gang's brutal exploits as they massacre Indigenous Americans and others for bounty. A key figure is the enigmatic Judge Holden, a large, hairless, and profoundly amoral man who embodies the novel's themes of evil and the corrupting influence of violence. The novel explores themes of violence, nihilism, the dark side of westward expansion, and the corrupting influence of unchecked power. The story is loosely based on historical events. "Blood Meridian" is known for its graphic violence, lyrical prose, and its subversion of the traditional Western genre.