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Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure.

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Main Author: McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Series:McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- Border trilogy ; 1.
Subjects:
Mexican-American Border Region > Fiction.
Americans > Mexico > Fiction.
Prisoners > Fiction.
Cowboys > Fiction.
Mexico > Fiction.
American fiction > 20th century.
Historical fiction.
Western fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
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Summary:Cut off from the life of ranching he has come to love by his grandfather's death, John Grady Cole flees to Mexico, where he and his two companions embark on a rugged and cruelly idyllic adventure.
Item Description:"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:301 pages ; 23 cm.
Awards:National Book Award for Fiction, 1992.
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1992
ISBN:9780394574745
0394574745
9780679744399
0679744398
Author Notes:Cormac McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. He attended the University of Tennessee, but interrupted his studies for four years to join the U.S. Air Force. He died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., on June 13, 2023. He was 89.

His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. His other works include Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, and Blood Meridian. All the Pretty Horses, the first part of the Border Trilogy, which also includes The Crossing and Cities of the Plains, won the National Book Award in 1992. His novel No Country for Old Men was adapted into a film in 2007. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for The Road. He has also written plays and screenplays.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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