{"product_id":"9781035003754-all-the-pretty-horses","title":"All the Pretty Horses","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in his legendary Border Trilogy, \u003ci\u003eAll The Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e was Cormac McCarthy's breakthrough novel – a coming-of-age western that remains a classic of American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age western set on the US-Mexico Border, \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses \u003c\/i\u003eis the first instalment of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the greatest American novels of this or any time’ – \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1949. At sixteen years-old, 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 civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA classic of American literature and a grand love story, Cormac McCarthy's novel is about the passing of childhood, of innocence and a vanished American age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e is followed in the Border Trilogy by \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40246339076193,"sku":"9781035003754","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27038979.jpg?v=1725890887","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035003754-all-the-pretty-horses","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}