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The Crossing

The Border Trilogy Book 2

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The Crossing

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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Sixteen-year-old Billy and his brother Boyd are fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. Billy captures the animal - but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from.

Billy returns, finding himself and his world have irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.

©1994 Cormac McCarthy (P)2016 Recorded Books Inc Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Latin America Mexico Ranch

Critic Reviews

" The Crossing...towers over most contemporary fiction. An American epic infused with a grand solemnity." ( Sunday Times)
"McCarthy speaks to us in the thrilling, apocalyptic tones of an Old Testament prophet. We must treasure him." ( Sunday Telegraph)
"McCarthy writes prose as clean as a bullet cutting through the air and constructs tales as compelling as any you will read." ( Daily Telegraph)
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This offers a pretty unrelenting and bleak look into the American experience, filled with death, murder, stoicism and plenty of tortillas and beans. McCarthy’s stripped back prose hides a complex internal world where we lack the language to properly process the world around us.

Powerful novel with an incredible narration

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Narration is just brilliant.
Another sprawling desolate epic from McCarthy.
The final scene with the wolf had me crying into my eye mask.
Like all of his novels, plenty of gut punches along the way.

Brilliant

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The novels of the Border Trilogy are powerful works. Whilst essentially banal tales of mundane existence, McCarthy's brilliant language brings such pathos and understanding to the lives of these characters as to make them familiar. Their motivations, memories and experiences continue to flood my mind long after finishing the final pages.

Haunting and Harrowing

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book from beginning to end. The author's style of writing absorbed me from the outset - a true example of painting pictures with words. The narration was pleasing and befitting the story.

Beautifully written

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