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All the Pretty Horses
Author: Cormac Mccarthy
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Book Information
Publisher: Random House Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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ISBN-13: 9780679425687 - ISBN-10: 0679425683
Publication Date: 12/5/1993


Other Versions of this Book: Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Unabridged), Paperback

Book Description:
Two cassettes, 3 hours
Read by Brad Pitt

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Damon, directed by Billy Bob Thorton and produced by Mike Nichols!


A critical triumph, this is the story of John Grady Cole, who at 16 finds himself at the dying end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself.  To escape a society moving in all the wrong directions, Cole and two companions decide to seek their future in Mexico, a land at once beautiful and desolate, rugged and cruelly civilized.  But what begins as an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, leads, in fact, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.  Within months, one of the boys is dead, and the other two aged beyond their years.

A story about childhood passing, innocence and an American age, here is a grand story and an education in responsibility, revenge, and survival.  All the Pretty Horses is truly a masterpiece.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Bonnie S. (Bonnie) wrote on 2/23/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

A quick read by Brad Pitt. If you liked the movie you should like this. But if truth be told, I was bored by the author's writing style when I read the book (didn't finish it), didn't watch the whole movie, and was even more bored when listening to this audio. Foolishly persistent, but I was determined to figure out why this was so popular. I never did.


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Tina T. (overpricedshirt) wrote on 9/29/2009...


Brad Pitt does the narration for this audio book.

Buddie W. wrote on 6/1/2008...


With the amount of driving - I'm an avid audio-book consumer. I really enjoyed this book by Cormac McCarhty and audiocassette reading by actor Brad Pitt. This was a superb book which I highly recommend.

Jimmie D. (jdauntless) wrote on 5/2/2007...


The best way to get the beauty of McCarthy's language. A great love story and a great buddy story all in one.

Nancy G. (MsJell) wrote on 3/8/2007...


Excellent story - helps that Brad Pitt is reading it!!!

Tabitha D. (tabbi) wrote on 5/24/2006...


My grandpa said that this book was the closest one he read that described the era in which he lived. It was beautiful, a boy and a country between ages, and Brad Pitt before fame. Much better than the movie.

Sandra B. (SandraB) wrote on 4/27/2006...


Very good book - and having Brad Pitt read it was good as well!

Claudia K. (budsmomtoo) wrote on 2/9/2006...


audiobook read by Brad Pitt


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