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All the pretty horses : volume one of the border trilogy / Cormac McCarthy

All the pretty horses : volume one of the border trilogy / Cormac McCarthy

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All the pretty horses : volume one of the border trilogy / Cormac McCarthy

by McCarthy, Cormac (b. 1933-)

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0330331698
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9780330331692
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London : Picador, 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 301 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945). Cowboys Texas ; Fiction. Borderlands Mexico ; Fiction. Male friendship ; Fiction. Americans Mexico ; Fiction. Horsemen and horsewomen Texas ; Fiction.

Synopsis

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has also written plays and screenplays. This novel, All The Pretty Horses , won the National Book Award in 1992. The story reads like a Western novel, but is set in 1949 and revolves around the life of a 16-year old Texan named John Grady Cole. After his parent’s marriage ends, he finds himself at the end of a long line of ranchers, without a family ranch to work. So he sets out for Mexico on horseback with two companions. By turns both comic and tragic, the elaborate character development and McCarthy’s superb descriptive style make this book a rare treat. All the Pretty Horses is the first volume in the Border Trilogy . The other two volumes are The Crossing and Cities of the Plain .

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On Feb 15 2021, a reader said:
I love this book. The story is gripping and evokes all kinds of emotions. The chacters are so well developed you feel like you know them personally. Descriptions of the land they travel through bring to mind the dry and breathless heat of the desert. The action scenes come to life before your mind's eye. It is superb.
On May 18 2011, For2itous said:
McCarthy does have a vivid descriptive style but the plot is predictable. Where did he get the title? Got so tired of the characters lighting up a cigaret.Don't quite understand why it got the National Book Award.
On Jul 7 2007, Fict said:
A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
All the pretty horses : volume one of the border trilogy / Cormac McCarthy
Author
McCarthy, Cormac (b. 1933-)
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
Reprint
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0330331698
ISBN 13
9780330331692
Publisher
London : Picador
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1993

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Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Edges
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Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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