His early novels-" The Orchard Keeper" (published in 1965), " Child of God" and " Suttree" -were deeply Faulknerian: arch, self-referential and largely plotless.

麦卡锡早期的小说--《守望果园》(1965年出版)《上帝之子》和《苏特里》--都有很浓的福克纳式风格：拱形叙事结构、自我指涉，基本上没有故事情节。

To Moore, these plotless games for the very young, with their emphasis on experience over imagination, simply didn't count as literature.

对穆尔来说， 这些没有情节的游戏对于非常年轻的孩子来说，强调的是经验而不是想象力，简直算不上文学。

I distrust plot for two reasons: first, because our lives are largely plotless, even when you add in all our reasonable precautions and careful planning; and second, because I believe plotting and the spontaneity of real creation aren't compatible.

首先，因为真实的生活多半是不经构思的，哪怕是算上我们所有的合理预警和精心计划依然如此；其次，因为我相信情节构思和真正创作的自发性是互不相容的。