All the Pretty Horses
4.1
(323 ratings)322 pages1992Random House AudioISBN 9780375415876
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About this book
The first volume in the 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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Random House Audio
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 322
- ISBN
- 9780375415876
- Language
- en
About Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.) is an American writer who has written twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. He is known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary American writers.
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