All the Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy

26th (reprint)

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New York, US: Alfred A. Knopf. Mint. 1999. 26th (reprint). Hardback copy. Quarter-bound in black cloth over black boards. Bright gilt lettering to spine; author's initials gilt-stamped on the front board; fore-edges of leaves are untrimmed. A landmark novel that won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The first volume of 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. Recently filmed with Matt Damon in the lead role. ~~~ Author(s): Cormac McCarthy; Binding material: Cloth; Binding state: Original binding; Binding style: Quarter; Class: Hardback copy; Condition: Mint; Edition: 26th (reprint); Jacket condition: Mint; Language: English; Pages: 302; Publication year: 1999; Size: Octavo. .

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