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All the Pretty Horses.
by McCARTHY, Cormac
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1992. Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting Advance review copy of the first edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, rare in such pristine condition. All the Pretty Horses is the novel that first brought McCarthy widespread acclaim, winning him the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992. The first novel in McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is a coming-of-age Western set in the borderlands between the US and Mexico in the years following the Second World War. It was adapted into a film in 2000, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. Octavo. Original horse-patterned orange wrappers with pale orange printed band, spine and front cover lettered in black, author's name on front cover in white on black ground. With publisher's card slipcase with envelope-style flap, as issued. Slipcase a little rubbed with short closed tear at head of entry: a fine copy.
Synopsis
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 .
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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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Details
- Seller
- Peter Harrington
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 172338
- Title
- All the Pretty Horses.
- Author
- McCARTHY, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Date Published
- 1992
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Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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