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No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy, who had originally written the story as a screenplay. The story occurs in the vicinity of the Mexico–United States border in 1980 and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert back country.
- United States
- Cormac McCarthy
- English
- Alfred A. Knopf
Jul 11, 2006 · Paperback – July 11, 2006. From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road comes a "profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered" novel (The Washington Post) that returns to the Texas-Mexico border, setting of the famed Border Trilogy.
- Vintage
- $10.39
Jul 19, 2005 · A thriller novel set in the Texas-Mexico border, where a good old boy finds a load of heroin and two million dollars in cash. The book explores themes of violence, morality, and aging, and was adapted into an award-winning film.
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- Paperback
- Cormac Mccarthy
A brief overview of the novel by Cormac McCarthy, set in 1980 in West Texas. It follows the story of Llewellyn Moss, a Vietnam veteran who finds a briefcase full of drug money and becomes a target of a ruthless hit man.
As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.
- Cormac Mccarthy
- Paperback
A summary of the plot and themes of Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men, a thriller about a drug deal gone wrong, a hitman, and a Vietnam vet. The summary covers the main characters, events, and conflicts of the story, as well as the literary devices and motifs used by the author.
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. Starring Tommy Lee Jones , Javier Bardem , and Josh Brolin , the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas . [3]
