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I’ve been hoping for Cormac McCarthy to win the Nobel Prize in literature for a number of years. I still think he deserves it, but I’m starting to lose hope.

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I don't think he hangs out with the right crowds in the right places to garner literary awards. From the little he's spoken to the press, it sounds like he spends most of his time chillin' with scientists and eating huevos rancheros in New Mexico:

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2005/08/cormac-mccarthy-i...

Cormac McCarthy has written some truly excellent work (though I find his output rather more inconsistent than some of his passionate fans on the internet are prepared to allow). However, his treatment of female characters (or lack thereof) is already notorious, and with current trends, I believe that this makes it less likely with each year that he will be recognized with this prize.

Someone that also deserves is Lobo Antunes [1]. Also a Portuguese like José Saramago, but IMHO, is way more interesting: a psychiatrist that served in Colonial War.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes

another one frequently mentioned : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Kadare#Recognition

> José Saramago

his book "The Double" is brilliant.

The Dostoevsky-reminiscent title is enough to sell me. I’m excited to read it.

Strange, I though that Saramago had already won it. Yeah, he certainly deserves it.

He did win, in 1998. Even if he hadn't, he's dead now, so he wouldn't be eligible.

To me the next American likely to win looks to be Thomas Pynchon.

No way he shows up to accept the prize though

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