Savage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men,a tale of one man's dark opportunity - and the darker consequences that spiral forth.Adapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (Fargo,True Grit),winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture).'A fast,powerful read,steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West'- Financial Times1980. Llewelyn Moss,a Vietnam veteran,is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies,several kilos of heroin,and a caseload of cash,he faces a choice - leave the scene as he found it,or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter,he knows,will change everything.And so begins a terrifying chain of events,in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading'- IndependentPart of the Picador Collection,a series showcasing the best of modern literature.Praise for Cormac McCarthy:'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse,his books were terrifying and absolute'- Anne Enright,author of The Green Road and The Wren,The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality,hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'- Stephen King,author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'(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 Brokeback Mountain
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781035003785Number of pages: 320Weight: 230 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 25 mm
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No Country for Old Men is a compelling,harrowing,disturbing,sad,endlessly surprising and resonant novel.No Country for Old Men is a severed head and shoulders over anything else written in America this year.A fast,powerful read,steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West.A Western thriller with a racy plot and punchy dialogue,perfect for a lazy Sunday.(An) utterly absorbing,chilling tale...One of the most sinister characters in modern American fiction.It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading.
Cormac McCarthy
Best known for his multi-award-winning masterpiece The Road,Cormac McCarthy was a highly acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter,whose other bestselling works include Blood Meridian,The Border Trilogy,and No Country for Old Men.
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