All the Pretty Horses
The Border Trilogy, Book 1
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Frank Muller
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By:
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Cormac McCarthy
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John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend, Lacey Rawlins.
Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilised.... A place where dreams are paid for in blood.
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- Lis H
- 10-11-20
Wonderfully evocative and lyrical book and reading
Absolutely adored it. Timeless and beautifully written. Took me back to the 19th century in Texas and Mexico was really sorry when it ended.
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- Ian
- 12-07-21
Captivating
One minute it is lyricism, the beauty of the plains, Shakespearean star-crossed lovers, and before you know it people are crapping in buckets and getting their teeth smashed out. Pure Cormac McCarthy, all relayed in soaring poetic cadences and the register of the King James Bible. Genius.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-04-23
Wonderful Narration
An elegiac depiction of an old world of cowboys and their horses. With senioritas, bandits and all the pretty horses. Beautifully narrated by Frank Muller.
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- Fonzleton
- 26-07-20
Beautifully written, and wonderfully narrated.
My only minor gripe is the questionable Mexican Spanish accent of the narrator. Otherwise five stars.
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- mark
- 14-04-22
Excellent writing . Sublimely narrated.
Wow. My experience with Cormac began with reading No Country for Old Men after watching the Coen Brothers adaptation of the book. Then Blood Meridian. Then reading them both again a couple of times over the years . I will certainly revisit this classic again. How such a picture of life can be beautifully rendered with a blend of sparse prose and intricate detail. Painting so neatly all of its futile sadness alongside the comfort found in the intricate folds of it. This is the power McCarthy wields. In my eyes the greatest living American Author of our times. Written by a Brit.
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- Ronald Betts
- 11-11-22
A sad life of a cowboy
Guess the life was hard in the early dayss and this story certainly gives you this impression amd luck certainly passed him by. Interesting story and well worth a listen, it might help if you know a little Spanish but it doesnt deter from the story.
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- Helsipops
- 13-09-23
Beautifully written book
Captivating and poetic. Heart wrenching, believable. In my humble opinion Cormac McCarthy is a master writer.
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- jon
- 25-09-16
A very good story with great content.<br />
I'll remember this one for a long time for the story and how it's told.
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- Jo Herlihy
- 14-07-21
This ain't my Country...
That is a phrase that kept me thinking from start to finish. And I'm still thinking about now.
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- Scottie
- 25-04-23
Wonderful
Wasn’t sure it was going to be for me in the opening minutes but it soon becomes a truly absorbing story brilliantly narrated.
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