All the Pretty Horses
The Border Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Frank Muller
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By:
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Cormac McCarthy
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John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend, Lacey Rawlins.
Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilised.... A place where dreams are paid for in blood.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-2024
Unique style of writing
Great adventure story with a unique style of writing. Subtly contrasted the two main characters in the book and not all at once.
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- Thomas
- 19-03-2019
Profound and poetic.
Cormac McCarthy writes with passion and uses language which is deeply poetic. This is a beautiful novel.
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- Robert Stockton
- 01-12-2018
Exquisite.
I devoured this book, loving every aspect of it. From the sumptous and generous writing to the excellent narration.
So much of the books themes, locals and history was totally alien to me, so it was an incredible and oft heart-rendering experience that I will treasure.
The moods and relationships and landscapes are masterfully echoed in the authors language and will be a solemn delight to any lover of good fiction, I reckon.
It should be noted that due attention is given to the equine world, and the relationships between human and horse are as deeply considered as any other relationship explored in the book. So, if you lilove horses and reading, this is a must!
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- Daryl
- 11-01-2023
Aesthetically beautiful, enrapturing
A beautifully written novel delivered very well. When someone writes as literally as McCarthy it needs, in my view, an American accent. I am dying to get to the second in this trilogy.
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- Helen Esdaile
- 15-04-2018
Outstanding
I don’t have the skill to write a review deserving of this book.
Extraordinary, heartbreaking, brutal and raw.
I am forever changed.
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- David
- 14-11-2022
a book that will keep you home from work
always a good read, hard to find a bad book in the collection. best trilogy ever written
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-2023
Better late than never
Finally got to listen to this evocative postwar tale of discovery, love and jeopardy in the border lands of the US and Mexico. Beautifully narrated. Close your eyes (if you can) saddle up and immerse your self in MacCarthy’s brilliance. You won’t be disappointed.
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- tesslinger
- 06-07-2024
Exceptional story
An exceptional story with what might be the best narrator I've heard. The language Cormac McCarthy uses to bring details to live in this gritty tale of adventure, loss, friendship and survival was, for me, truly captivating. The narrator's performance was pretty much flawless.
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- ehhylhzuc
- 05-07-2024
A beautiful novel
I was not expecting this novel to be as beautiful as it was - and expertly narrated also. It’s one of the best I’ve listened to in a long time.
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- Ben M.
- 06-12-2020
Exceptional, beautiful
I couldn’t recommend this book more. Exquisitely written, masterfully read. Harrowing, but impossible not to admire.
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