All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
Taste attributes: westernromanceadventuredramaslowheavyrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringcoming of ageall consuming questlove conquers all
Boxlist takeA grounded, moving western: slow-burning and straightforward. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. It was a bestseller, and it won both the U.S. National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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- Cormac McCarthy
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 306
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