Knopf: NY. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; Twentieth Printing. Hardcover. 0394574745 . Near fine condition. Minor rub. Boards remain fairly stiff. Non price clipped ($21. 00) DJ. Former owner bookplate on front fly. 20th printing of the first ed. DJ with 5 review blurbs including Publisher's Weekly. Aqua colored "A" on front flap. About fine DJ will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. All the Pretty Horses is a novel by U. S. Author Cormac McCarthy first published in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. The novel was a bestseller and won the U. S. National Book Award. It is also the first of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy. " Author also won The Pulitzer Prize for the 2006 novel The Road and also authored the 2005 novel, No Country for Old Men which was the basis for the award winning film of the same name. The book was adapted into a 2000 film with the same name, All the Pretty Horses, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo .

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Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has also written plays and screenplays. This novel, All The Pretty Horses , won the National Book Award in 1992. The story reads like a Western novel, but is set in 1949 and revolves around the life of a 16-year old Texan named John Grady Cole. After his parent’s marriage ends, he finds himself at the end of a long line of ranchers, without a family ranch to work. So he sets out for Mexico on horseback with two companions. By turns both comic and tragic, the elaborate character development and McCarthy’s superb descriptive style make this book a rare treat. All the Pretty Horses is the first volume in the Border Trilogy . The other two volumes are The Crossing and Cities of the Plain .

Reviews

On Feb 15 2021, a reader said:

I love this book. The story is gripping and evokes all kinds of emotions. The chacters are so well developed you feel like you know them personally. Descriptions of the land they travel through bring to mind the dry and breathless heat of the desert. The action scenes come to life before your mind's eye. It is superb.

On May 18 2011, For2itous said:

McCarthy does have a vivid descriptive style but the plot is predictable. Where did he get the title? Got so tired of the characters lighting up a cigaret.Don't quite understand why it got the National Book Award.

On Jul 7 2007, Fict said:

A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot.

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Bookseller: Abound Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18589
Title: ALL THE PRETTY HORSES
Author: McCarthy, Cormac
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; Twentieth Printing
ISBN 10: 0394574745
ISBN 13: 9780394574745
Publisher: Knopf: NY
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: 0394574745

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