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The Crossing Cormac McCarthy

The Crossing By Cormac McCarthy

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy


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Summary

Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from. When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed.

The Crossing Summary

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

This novel is from Volume Two Of The Border Trilogy. Set on the southwestern ranches in the years before the Second World War, The Crossing follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Billy and his younger brother Boyd. Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from. When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.Admirers of All the Pretty Horses will need little encouragement...McCarthy speaks to us in the thrilling, apocalyptic tones of an Old Testament prophet. We must treasure him - Sunday Telegraph. The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous - The Times. An American epic infused with a grand solemnity - Sunday Times.

About Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy is the author of many acclaimed novels, including The Road and Blood Meridian. Among his honours are the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for lifetime achievement in American literature.

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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20070803
432
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