Description
Suffused with McCarthy’s trademark rough-hewn lyricism, All the Pretty Horses is the story of three US ranchers’ odyssey across the Mexican border. Mythic in conception and redolent of the richness of frontier culture, this modern masterpiece is a rugged morality tale that packs an almighty punch.
John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins.
Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
All the Pretty Horses is an acknowledged masterpiece and a grand love story: a novel about childhood passing, along with innocence and a vanished American age. Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss, it is a magnificent parable of responsibility, revenge and survival.
Book Details
Format: |
Paperback |
Number of Pages: |
320 |
ISBN: |
9781035003754 |
Published: |
4 Aug 2022 |
Weight: |
224g |
Dimensions: |
130 x 196 x 28 (mm) |
Language: |
English |
