Mundik's book tackles the challenging complexity and darkness of McCarthy's metaphysical vision and finds a consistency of vision throughout his novels that is both profound and--in all senses of the word--illuminating." - Lydia R. Cooper, author of No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in Cormac McCarthy"Petra Mundik has done readers and scholars of Cormac McCarthy's work a tremendous service by gathering together the disparate arguments about his spiritual vision and its sources and discussing them elegantly and exhaustively. This book is a stunning critical accomplishment." - Rick Wallach, editor of Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy