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Monthly magazineVanity Fairis facingbacklashfor a recent article that some readers say romanticizes authorCormac McCarthys relationship withAugusta Britt.
Augusta was a 16-year-old runaway when the 42-year-old Cormac allegedly pursued her in the 1970s.
Social media users condemned the articles tone, with one commenter calling it positively drooling overabuse.
It was near an area of town called the Miracle Mile.
It wasnt very safe in thefosterhomes.
But at the Desert Inn, I could use the showers by the pool to shower.
Image credits:Vanity Fair
Augusta quickly became Cormacs muse.
Your novels so far have circled around dark Southern characters who do dark Southern things.
He was eighty-nine years old.
Posted byCormac McCarthyonTuesday, June 13, 2023
She reads in her closet to stay out of violences earshot.
He celebrates Cormac McCarthys p*dophilia (he was 42!)
as the craziest love story.
What is going on here?
AFacebookuser commented: The outrage is appropriate.
AnotherFacebookuser wrote: Wow, what a year of disappointments as regards authors I held highif secretly being creeps.
A dirty old man, someone else penned.
A person shared onFacebook: I was a huge fan of Cormac McCarthy.
I cant express how disappointed and disgusted I am now after reading theVanity Fairarticle.
And also with the moron who wrote it and romanticized the affair with a 16 year old girl.
Where is the crime writing community on this?
A commentatorstated: Yes, the Cormac McCarthyVanity Fairarticle is THAT bad.
For gods sake, get a woman to write about the 16-year-old muse next time.
I dont know why, but I was lucky enough to be found by her on April Fools Day.
Everything since then has felt foolishly kismet.
Without Augusta, I would be fiddling away at this Substack, going nowhere fast.
All that I do from now on, I owe to her and dedicate eternally.
Beyond the undeniable power imbalances, this story soars for its descriptions of landscapes and longings.
Thank you for this still unfinished and fascinating story of survival.
Bored Pandahas contacted Vanity Fair and Vincenzo Barney for comment.
