The sunset limited is fascinating some of mccarthys best work and that is saying a lot his use of dialogue in this book is nothing short of brilliant he is able to take two opposing world views examine them and bring them to a climax that forces the reader to consider what he himself truly believe all through the conversation of two characters. 407 rating details 5639 ratings 214 reviews in a land soaked with sin dave robicheaux is dueling with killers ghosts and a womans revenge the townspeople of new iberia louisiana didnt crucify megan flynns father they just didnt catch whoever pinned him to a barn wall with sixteen penny nails. In theme and to some extent in tone the sunset limited bears a close resemblance to his 2008 novel the road the two books are effectively saying that everything is shot to hell and nothing is. Niall griffiths finds the sunset limited by cormac mccarthy to be a richly demanding study of two new yorkers attempting to break out of their spiritual and psychological prisons. Sunset limited book review may 7 2014 by elaikanteah i would rate the sunset limited as a 35 out of 5 just because its not my cup of te a but overall its a pre tty good book in the book there were only 2 characters black and white