All the Pretty Horses

Name: All the Pretty Horses
Author: Cormac McCarthy

by Cormac McCarthy

A romance novel, really, against a backdrop of changing cultures and boy-men coming of age. McCarthy, for my money, is one of the best (if not the best) American novelists of his generation. Blood Meridian may be his best book, but it is too bleak and violent for some readers. All the Pretty Horses isn’t; it is by far his most accessible work for a general audience. I read it when it first came out in the 1990s; my recent re-read was well worth the time. Love it.

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Dan Rather

"A romance novel, really, against a backdrop of changing cultures and boy-men coming of age. McCarthy, for my money, is one of the best (if not the best) American novelists of his generation. Blood Meridian may be his best book, but it is too bleak and violent for some readers. All the Pretty Horses isn’t; it is by far his most accessible work for a general audience. I read it when it first came out in the 1990s; my recent re-read was well worth the time. Love it."

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