{"product_id":"9781509852024","title":"Cormac Mccarthy - The Border Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Cormac Mccarthy. Themes include Fiction, Historical, Literary, Psychological, Westerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful and brutal, two young cowboys come of age in \u003ci\u003eThe Border Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e - Cormac Mccarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A landmark in American literature' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With an introduction from Rachel Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e During the middle of the twentieth century, two teenage boys leave their childhoods behind across the Us-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Grady Cole will search for his future to the south, a friend by his side, finding adventure and barbarism in the vanishing world of the Old West.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Billy Parnham, after deciding not to kill her, will be drawn to the mountains of Mexico accompanied by a lone, pregnant wolf.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When the two boys come together as men, in the trilogy's final volume, a dangerous chain of events will bring this story to its savage, inevitable conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A stunning saga of loyalty and love, filled equally with sorrow and humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Border Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'In these three fierce, desolate, beautiful novels, Mccarthy has created a masterpiece' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This edition collects all three novels in the Border Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for Cormac Mccarthy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Mccarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [Mccarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58030352662902,"sku":null,"price":9.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781509852024.jpg?v=1780660874","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781509852024","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}