{"product_id":"9781035003785","title":"No Country for Old Men","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Cormac McCarthy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eTexas\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 August 2022 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 24mm | 224g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, a tale of one man's dark opportunity – and the darker consequences that spiral forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (Fargo, True Grit), winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fast, powerful read, steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' – Financial Times1980. Llewelyn Moss, a Vietnam veteran, is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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?'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' – IndependentPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cormac McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838500680029,"sku":"9781035003785","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781035003785.jpg?v=1780055626","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035003785","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}