As should be clear, the plot is episodic, and serves as a skeletal structure around which McCarthy’s themes entwine: electronic transmission, repetition, 2D- space, the relationship between death and esoteric knowledge, and the impossibility of communication.
These derive, in large part, from McCarthy’s long-standing interest in french theory, and he deploys them with great ingenuity. There is a great deal else to admire. Yet, unlike the radios strewn across it, C is less than the sum of its parts...
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