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The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2)
The Crossing - Border Trilogy, Vol 2
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Following All the Pretty Horses in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a novel whose force of language is matched only by its breadth of experience and depth of thought. — In the bootheel of New Mexico hard on the frontier, Billy and Boyd Parham are just boys in the years before the Second World War, but on the cusp of unimaginable events. Fi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394574752
ISBN-10: 0394574753
Publication Date: 6/7/1994
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2) on + 3 more book reviews
McCarthy at his best, redefining spare prose. CM says more with black and white (and innumerable shades of grey) than most authors will ever say with colorful language.
A Stark and gripping tale of young cowhands coming of age and beyond in the southwest borderlands.
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Not as good as All the Pretty Horses, but still well worth the time to read and savor the wonderful prose.
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Wonderful, engaging sequel to All The Pretty Horses. This is McCarthy at his best.


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