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All the Pretty Horses
CORMAC McCARTHY
1992
INTRODUCTION
Cormac McCarthy is considered one of the leading writers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His novel All the Pretty Horses, published in 1992, was the work that secured that reputation. The novel was an instant best seller, popular with both critics and readers, and it was honored with a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Award. Beginning in 1949, the plot features sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole, a cowboy who travels with his best friend, Lacey Rawlins, from Texas to Mexico. Their travels lead them to murders, horse robberies, a forbidden and star-crossed love affair, and a stint in a Mexican prison, yet, for all of the masculine and action-packed adventure, All the Pretty Horses is a thoughtful and philosophical novel. Themes include the