All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, Book 1)
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The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.
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"Every dumb thing I ever done before in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it."
Despite the pretty title, this is a tough story. John Grady Cole has lost his grandfather and the ranch will be sold. It's all John has ever known. He's a cowboy and that's all he ever wants to be. So he and his cousin, both about 17 years old, leave Texas and ride their horses across the border into Mexico. It's 1949. In Texas they tie their ...read more
Despite the pretty title, this is a tough story. John Grady Cole has lost his grandfather and the ranch will be sold. It's all John has ever known. He's a cowboy and that's all he ever wants to be. So he and his cousin, both about 17 years old, leave Texas and ride their horses across the border into Mexico. It's 1949. In Texas they tie their ...read more
Needed a dictionary. The author is extraordinary. An incredible use of vocabulary. First time I’ve read his stuff. Suttree is an exploration of an ordinary decent man. I enjoyed it despite the work required to read it!
The late American Writer Cormac McCarthy’s novel All The Pretty Horses is the story of John Grudy, a Texan teenager who travels to Northern Mexico to find work. The novel takes place post-World War II. Grudy’s father fought in World War II. Grudy is traveling with his cousin and his friend named Lacey Rawlins. While Grudy and Rawlins are traveling from Texas to Northern Mexico, a younger teenage rider falls in with them. The younger teenager is r...read more
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