Cities of the Plain

Cormac McCarthy

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Picador
09 August 2022

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Westerns; Historical fiction

Series: Picador Collection

In Cities of the Plain, two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing beyond recognition.

In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico, where one of the men is drawn again and again, in this story of friendships and passion, to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable.

'In a lovely and terrible landscape of natural beauty and impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school, trusted by men and horses, and a fragile young woman, whose salvation becomes his obsession . . . McCarthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle' Scotsman

'This haunting, deeply felt novel completes one of the literary masterworks of the 1990s' Daily Telegraph

'The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' Guardian

This edition is part of the Picador Collection, a new list of the best in contemporary literature published in Picador's 50th Anniversary year. McCarthy's eagerly anticipated new novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris, will be published by Picador in October 2022.

By: Cormac McCarthy
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9781035003761
ISBN 10: 1035003767
Series: Picador Collection
Publication Date: 09 August 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Cities of the Plain

In a lovely and terrible landscape of natural beauty and impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school, trusted by men and horses, and a fragile young woman, whose salvation becomes his obsession . . . McCarthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle. * Scotsman * Like the Western settings he captures to perfection, his work is both heart-wrenchingly beautiful and uncompromisingly brutal. * Express *