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Book Review of No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men
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Helpful Score: 1


Starting each section with the inner musings of an aging sheriff dealing with the world around him before going to those things he is dealing with McCarthy asks deep questions about the condition of our society and how it has come to the place it is. He asks why it appears that so many of the younger generation have lost the sense of personal responsibility and community accountability that characterized our society in the past. He wonders where our current state of society will take us. All of these serious questions wrapped in a gripping story of mystery and suspense.