A review by angus_mckeogh
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

2.0

Reminded me of a Nicholson Baker book because the entire novel took place in one location and revolved around one event. Seems like this was extraneous storytelling from The Passenger and was likely cut by the editor so McCarthy had it published as a separate piece. For me it didn’t work in either scenario. The entire narrative was a conversation between a psychiatrist and one of his self-committed patients: a woman who worked as a mathematician and desired a sexual relationship with her brother. That’s it. Surrounded by a bunch of existential fluff and padding. Not the best McCarthy in my opinion.