No Country for Old Men - Picador Collection
Cormac McCarthy

Reprint

Paperback (04 Aug 2022)


Publishers Synopsis

Savage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthys ninth novel No Country for Old Men, a tale of one mans 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 Times

1980. 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?

Its hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading - Independent

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

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.


Book information

ISBN: 9781035003785
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Pub date: 04 Aug 2022
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 1626
Number of pages: 308
Weight: 232g
Height: 129mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 26mm