About this title: In Cormac McCarthy's ninth novel, his first in seven years, Llewellyn Moss, a hunter in McCarthy's Texas border country, happens upon $2 million in cash and a small fortune in heroin (as well as a heap of dead bodies), takes the money and drugs, and goes into hiding. This sets in motion a chain of events revolving around Sheriff Bell, the book's true hero--a brooding, introspective man haunted by the human capacity for evil (and by the ambiguities of his own life). The cast of characters also includes a completely amoral thief and murderer on the run after a prison escape, and the drug lord ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780330440110ISBN:033044011X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307387134ISBN:0307387135
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 309 p. Audience: General/trade. Compelling and harrowing thriller set in the American West in which a man gets embroiled in drugs and murder after finding bullet-ridden bodies. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: London Picador 2006 033044011X
ISBN-13:9780330440110ISBN:033044011X
Description: Softcover. 309 pages. Fine. ' An utterly compelling read. McCarthy's celebrated prose is as vibrant as ever...lucid and thrilling ' Sunday Times. Now a major film. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PICADOR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
Description: Published by Picador in 2008. Paperback. Number of pages: 320. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8323710 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 04/01/2008
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 04/01/2008
ISBN-13:9780330454537ISBN:0330454536
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"What struck me most about this book is how perfect the delivery was. The story is incredibly engaging and written in sparse, efficient language with pitch-perfect dialogue that's just ... well, perfect. An example of "male" literature, but the themes of fate and humanity are universal. I'm personally increasingly intrigued with literature moving towards the Greek -- we are controlled by the fates, rather than we control our own destiny. (Or are we?) It provides a fatalistic but ... contemplate-able (?) narrative that has the reader turning the story over in one's mind long after it's over."
"This book is ten times better than the movie for the following reasons. Elements that were essential to the story were left out in the movie elements that would have explained scenes and further develop the characters. In the book Anton Chugurh is cleaver and resourceful while in the movie he was basically portrayed as a boogyman. The book to me was just more better in getting one involved in story and actually caring for the protagonists while in the movie everyone was more worried about winning an Oscar than making the characters believable. The thing the movie has going for it is the scenery but that is the only thing it has going for it."
"After going all fanboy over 'The Road' I had to run out and grab this one.
While this is a fine book, it has a more straightforward narrative style than 'The Road'. Personally, I found this fact a little disappointing.
Essentially, a drug deal goes bad and the money goes missing. This leads to several extra dead bodies.
There are two characters of note: Anton Chigurh and Sheriff Bell. Chigurh who serves as the "bad guy" is interesting because he seems to operate on his own personal moral compass. He doesn't seem to be motivated by greed or hatred like the typical antagonist, he just has no guilt and seems to enjoy his chosen profession in an objective sort of way. The quickest comparison that I could draw is Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in the new Batman flick (are you sick of hearing about that yet?). He is just an agent of chaos that "enjoys watching the world burn". Bell is interesting in that he relates feelings and insights not usually associated with Texan sheriffs. Such a character is often too easily stereotyped as a racist, "Buford T. Justice" type, but McCarthy turns that whole thing on it's ear.
This book made me think about my youth, when it seemed like you could strike up a conversation with a random old guy and come away with a bit of insight about life. I can't remember the last time that this happened, which begs the question of if the current crop of old guys have been usurped from the seat of wisdom(baby boomers, no war experience, etc.) or if I am just not taking the time to dig for the truths that they have to offer?"
"I approached this book full of bias. It has become a bestseller after the movie version, and I tend to be naturally shy of bestsellers. I was also told by many who saw the movie - which I haven't yet - how gruesome it was.
But I had read The Road by Cormac McCarthy earlier in the year and was extremely impressed by his writing, so I pushed myself to read No Country for Old Men. I actually started on it a couple of times, never quite getting past page 10 or so. I seemed to be fighting some internal battle between wanting and not-wanting to read it. On this final try, I think I got far enough into it plot to just be swept away into the story. And wow! What a great book.
It is a hard book to explain about it. The main story is quite violent - drug deals, deaths, serial killers - but weaved through this scenario we get a glimpse of the motivations driving the characters. From the aging sheriff to the young wife, each one comes across unbelievably human. The schizophrenic killer, of course, a parody of Destiny and Death. Enough said, as I fail to really impress on anyone here the greatness of this book.
I liked The Road a lot, but No Country for Old Men cemented Cormac McCarthy into one of my favorite writers. I just have to read more of his books..."
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