Tag: The Border Trilogy
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Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy – A Book Review
In this third installment of The Border Trilogy, McCarthy brings together John Grady Cole from Book I and Billy Parham from Book II as they work together on a ranch. Though neither delves too deeply into the tragedies in Mexico they both suffered, their unspoken experiences seem to bind them in ways they can’t understand.…
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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy – A Book Review
Volume II of The Border Trilogy, The Crossing is McCarthy’s follow-up to All the Pretty Horses. The United States-Mexican border is the only recurring character from the previous volume, but the settings and themes are quite similar. However, The Crossing is unlike its predecessor in the fact that while All the Pretty Horses followed a…
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy – A Book Review
The first volume of what’s known as The Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses encompasses what I love about McCarthy’s writing. Set in the late Forties, All the Pretty Horses follows teenage Texan John Grady Cole seeking a better life for himself in Mexico. He travels by horse with his slightly older friend, Rawlins,…
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