{"product_id":"border-trilogy-picador-classic","title":"Border Trilogy: Picador Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Border Trilogy is a collection of three novels by Cormac McCarthy that follows the lives of two young cowboys as they come of age on the American frontier. The books are known for their beautiful and brutal prose, and for their exploration of themes of loyalty, love, and violence. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1056 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12 July 2018\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful and brutal, two young cowboys come of age in \u003ci\u003eThe Border Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e – Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A landmark in American literature' – \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction from Rachel Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the middle of the twentieth century, two teenage boys leave their childhoods behind across the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Grady Cole will search for his future to the south, a friend by his side, finding adventure and barbarism in the vanishing world of the Old West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly Parnham, after deciding not to kill her, will be drawn to the mountains of Mexico accompanied by a lone, pregnant wolf. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the two boys come together as men, in the trilogy's final volume, a dangerous chain of events will bring this story to its savage, inevitable conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunning saga of loyalty and love, filled equally with sorrow and humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Border Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In these three fierce, desolate, beautiful novels, McCarthy has created a masterpiece' – \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition collects all three novels in the Border Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 728g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 193 x 113 x 48 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781509852024\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cormac McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100645748986,"sku":"9781509852024","price":15.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/4a0e41454ddfaf4a170028c018ad56f2.jpg?v=1630119745","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/border-trilogy-picador-classic","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}