The Collected Essays Volume One

Spirited and insightful essays from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and a “delightfully polished writer” ( The Atlantic Monthly ).   Whether penning criticism, memoir, or fiction, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Group invariably wrote with “an icily honest eye and a glacial wit” ( The New York Times ). Gathered here are three collections of her personal essays and literary criticism.   Occasional Prose : McCarthy imbues this co