Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dead at 89

Correction: June 13, 2023An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to El Paso, where Mr. McCarthy moved in 1976. It is in Texas, not New Mexico.Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and

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