All the Pretty Horses: Border Trilogy 1 (National Book Award Winner) by McCarthy, Cormac

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road

All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/29/1993
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.15w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780679744399

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 68567 / All the Pretty Horses

Award: National Book Awards - Winner
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner

About the Author
The novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men--the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. He died in 2023.