Cormac McCarthy 3 Books Set The Road, Blood Meridian & No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy

Titles in This Set. The Road. Blood Meridian. No Country for Old Men. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781529064438. Publisher: Picador. Overview. This paperback collection brings together three of Cormac McCarthy's most celebrated novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road, the frontier epic Blood Meridian, and the modern classic No Country for Old Men. Spanning a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the violent American West, and a drug deal gone catastrophically wrong, this bundle is a perfect introduction — or addition — for readers who love dark, unflinching literary fiction.. About the Books. In The Road, a father and son walk together through a burned, ash-covered America, armed with only a pistol and a shopping cart of scavenged supplies, their bond the last flicker of hope in a dying world. Blood Meridian follows a fourteen-year-old runaway known only as "the kid" as he falls in with a scalp-hunting gang along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, in a novel that dismantles the mythology of the Wild West with savage, biblical prose. No Country for Old Men opens when Llewelyn Moss stumbles across the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert — bodies, heroin, and two million dollars in cash — and makes the fateful decision to take the money, setting off a relentless pursuit by the implacable killer Anton Chigurh, while an aging sheriff tries to make sense of a world turning stranger and crueller by the day. Together, these three novels showcase McCarthy's singular voice: spare, poetic, violent, and profoundly humane, cementing his reputation as one of the most important American novelists of the last century.. Three acclaimed novels by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author in one great-value set. Includes The Road, Blood Meridian & No Country for Old Men — award-winning modern classics. Brand new paperback editions, perfect for gifting or building a literary collection. Ideal for fans of literary fiction, crime thriller, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Two of the three titles were adapted into critically acclaimed feature films. Compact, durable paperback format — easy to read, store, and travel with. About the Author. Cormac McCarthy was an American novelist and playwright celebrated for his stark, powerful prose and unflinching exploration of violence, morality, and the American landscape. Over a career spanning six decades he wrote ten novels, including the Border Trilogy, Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, the latter earning him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His work has been translated into numerous languages and adapted for both stage and screen, and he is widely regarded as one of the most significant American authors of the modern era.. Why You'll Love This Collection. Bringing together three of McCarthy's finest and most influential works, this set is a must-have for lovers of dark, literary storytelling — atmospheric, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down.. Please Note: Cover artwork may vary slightly from the image shown; this is the current UK paperback edition with the ISBN listed above.