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Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
5.0

Well, what a rather darkly fun romp through physics, philosophy, and mathematics in word-drunk prose in a mad dash toward death. A little bit "My Dinner with Andre," a touch of Tom Stoppard, and smidgens of both Faulkner (sentence structure) and Hemingway (dialogue). This head-spinning novel is an eloquent, layered examination of love, loss, guilt, human existence, reality, and the mystery of creation. In a word: breathtaking.