This is a book which is better than the movie. Anton Chigurh is the embodiment of evil, "a true and living prophet of destruction." His reign of terror changes the life of a dedicated sheriff forever.
The story is told in direct, uncomplicated language,which made the violence even more horrific for the reader. Chigurh is a cold-blooded killer and his acts are described as such.
The book also has a much better ending than the movie. ( )

This is my favorite book and arguably the most important fiction of our generation. ( )

Cormac McCarthy often uses simple, clear and short language, but the reader feels the mountains of weight behind each sentence. Everything is so meticulous and unique, only giving you glimpses of possible meaning. This book has great writing on the disaffection felt by any generation upon reaching old age and the incomprehensible nature of senseless violence that is a common theme for him. ( )

For many, The Road is their first experience with Cormac McCarthy. For me, it was No Country for Old Men. That final passage has always stuck with me, but reading it now, at 30, gives it an entirely new meaning. Or maybe I just appreciate it more now than I ever could have at sixteen. ( )

Commanding and accessible, No Country for Old Men is a bleak chronicle of murder, revenge and implacable fate. What Cormac McCarthy did for the Western, here he has done for the crime novel. Cormac has some nasty fun here and writes like a someone who is set afire with the ghost of Faulkner whispering in his ear.

No Country for Old Men is, in many ways, a straightforward crime drama. It follows a man who stumbles onto a drug deal gone bad and tries to get away with a case full of money as a hitman and a sheriff both pursue him...leading to disastrous consequences.

This book is built around the premise that any one of us can think we are making a good decision only to later find out the depths of how bad that decision actually was. Llewelyn Moss chose to take a suitcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, thinking he would never get caught…and it all goes downhill from there. It's also a brutal meditation on the nature of fate. story is very cinematic, a slow and complex chase with three grades of characters: good (the sheriff), bad (Chirgurh and assorted drug traders), mixed (Moss, a loving husband and veteran who did take the money). And the Sheriff, it would seem, is in over his head - in new territory.

McCarthy writes a hard, cold, mean prose almost devoid of heroes, even the Sherriff can't save the day.

Riveting, commanding, and brutal, No Country for Old Men is a crime novel of Texas noir that you will not be able to put down until the very last line.


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