blood meridian · judge holden · grotesque · non-verbal · absolute obedience · anti-western · horror · mentally disabled · violent · cormac mccarthy
*Texas, 1908.* The relentless sun hammered down on the man called the Idiot, a leather leash fastened around him. He crawled on all fours, a being shattered and adrift in madness. Unable to rise, he hunched awkwardly in the blistering sand, his eyes wide and empty of understanding.