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Carcosa and the endless gyre !!!

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You're in Carcosa !!! "Touch the darkness and the darkness touches you back" is the tagline of the highly acclaimed crime anthology of HBO- True Detective. It is not merely a woo-word, but it means every word literally. Though the series superficially seems to be a investigative thriller, for a first-time viewer on a closer look the series is a deep maze full of visual, verbal and symbolic references etched on to the lost expanse of Lousiana. More than an investigative story it is an insight into the lives of the detectives pursuing the case (Marty played by Woody Harrelson and Rustin Cohle played by Mathew McConaughey). Starting off with a weird homicide setting, the detectives never know they are on to something which is going to change their lives forever directly or indirectly. Nic Pizzolatto is the man of the show here. It is with clinical precision the series is executed as flawless as ever.  The case unravels and the detectives toil to connect to t