No Country For Old Men Av Cormac Mccarthy

<p><b>A savage tale of violence and morality in the American West, Cormac McCarthy's <i>No Country for Old Men</i> follows a Vietnam veteran's dark path after stumbling upon a drug deal gone wrong.</b><br><br><b>Adapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (<i>Fargo</i>, <i>True Grit</i>), winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture).</b><br><br><b>'A Western thriller with a racy plot and punchy dialogue' – <i>The Times</i></b><br><br>1980. Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he discovers the aftermath of a drug deal turned deadly. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice – walk away or take the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything.<br><br>And so begins a terrifying chain of events, as each player in this brutal game seems determined to answer one question: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?<br><br><b>'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' – <i>Independent</i></b><br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b><br><br>Praise for Cormac McCarthy:<br><br>‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and <i>The Wren, The Wren</i><br><br>'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of <i>The Shining</i> and the Dark Tower series<br><br>'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of <i>Brokeback Mountain</i><br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b></p>