No Country for Old Men [Paperback]

‘Nightmarish and bleak, this is both a meditation on our worst fears and a gripping thriller’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"Profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered."
--"The" "Washington Post"
"Feels like a genuine diagnosis of the postmillennial malady, a scary illumination of the oncoming darkness."
--"Time"
"He is nothing less than our greatest living writer, and this is a novel that must be read and remembered."
--"Houston Chronicle"
"Riveting. . . . A harrowing, propulsive drama."
--"The New York Times"
"This is a monster of a book. . . . It will leave you panting and awestruck."
--Sam Shepard --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘a lyrical, clear-eyed view of evil, delivering a knockout punch to modernism’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘Like the book’s charismatic sociopath, McCarthy’s point-blank prose takes no prisoners.’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘McCarthy’s ability to blend action and philosophy remind one of Graham Greene but the style is his magnificent own’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘A lyrical, clear-eyed view of evil, delivering a knock-out punch to postmodernism’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

..McCarthy's lean, man's-manly style achieves exquisite effects.. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Rich prose and resonant speech..The plot, like the dialogue, travels light and makes good speed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

McCarthy at his most elegant --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Brilliantly tight and seldom less than terrifying --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘No Country for Old Men is a compelling, harrowing, disturbing, sad, endlessly surprising and resonant novel’ Robert Edric, Spectator

Llewlyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice – leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life? ‘No Country for Old Men is a compelling, harrowing, disturbing, sad, endlessly surprising and resonant novel’ Robert Edric, Spectator ‘No Country for Old Men is a severed head and shoulders over anything else written in America this year’ Independent on Sunday ‘A Western thriller with a racy plot and punchy dialogue, perfect for a lazy Sunday’ Sarah Emily Miano, The Times ‘[An] utterly absorbing, chilling tale . . . One of the most sinister characters in modern American fiction’ Herald ‘A fast, powerful read, steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West’ Lionel Shriver, Financial Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Cormac McCarthy is the author of eight previous novels, and among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.