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No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
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Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Texas-Mexico border when he stumbles upon several dead men, a big stash of heroin, and more than two million dollars in cash. He takes off with the money, and the hunter becomes the haunted. A drug cartel hires a former Special Forces agent to track down the loot, and a ruthless killer joins the chase as well. Also looking for Moss is the aging Sheriff Bell, a World War II veteran who may be Moss' only hope for survival.

Raw and lean, No Country for Old Men is another masterpiece from one of America's acclaimed novelists.

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Critic reviews

"No Country for Old Men gets off to a riveting start as a sort of new wave, hard-boiled Western....Harrowing, propulsive drama." (The New York Times)
"A mesmerizing modern-day western....While the action of the novel thrills, it's the sensitivity and wisdom of Sheriff Bell that makes the book a profound meditation on the battle between good and evil and the roles choice and chance play in the shaping of a life." (Publishers Weekly)
"Shades of Dostoyevsky, Hemingway, and Faulkner resonate in McCarthy's blend of lyrical narrative, staccato dialogue, and action-packed scenes splattered with bullets and blood. McCarthy fans will revel in the author's renderings of the raw landscapes of Mexico and the Southwest and the precarious souls scattered along the border that separates the two." (Booklist)

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This book has violence, insight, humor, love, respect, honor and depth beyond the story line. Narrator: Tom Stechschulte is excellent. He makes the characters come to life.
I could not put it down. This book will make you rethink some of your own values and appreciate your life for what it is. At least it did for me. The "country" wisdom is put in a take it or leave it fashion that does not seem forced on you but lets you draw your own conclusion. Very enjoyable listen.

Much more than expected from the title

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...compelling story, good listening...well suited for movie adaptation...well worth reading especially before seeing the movie.

No Country for Old Men

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I recently saw the movie and couldn't stop thinking about it. I decided to check out the audio book even though i was a bit worried that since I knew how it ended that I would find it boring. I was not disappointed even though the Movie was an excellent adapation of the book there was still alot of content and dialog the book offered that made it very enjoyable and difficult to tear myself away.

Mr Mcarthy has a gift with words and storys I am totally in awe of how of how he can pull the reader into the story with the detail and dialog of the characters while at the same time forcing the reader to use the reader to think and use their imagination.

There is a lot of action and violence in the book to keep you interested but its the dialog of the characters that make it great!

The Narrator is great as well he does a fantistic Job of making the book feel authentic. He also makes it easy for you to tell the diffence between characters with the tone and style of his voice which not all narrators can do. I will now look for him on future books I pick.

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I bought this on paperback a few years ago, but always put off reading it because I had already seen the movie.

I finally listened to it, and I am speechless. I think this book is under-rated when discussing McCarthy’s finest works. I enjoyed it much more than Blood Meridian. Even if you have seen the movie, this book is must-read. The ending gives more clarity to details that I loved hearing. All the characters had a bit more depth in the book too. This will be a story that I will read again.

Incredible.

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At first, this story really bored me. It just had descriptions of a psycho-killer killing everyone to get some money. What was the point? Later, this turned into a struggle between one man (the killer) and all the forces that went after him, many just as determined as he was.

The sheriff evolves as a philosophical character. In the book, he acknowledges that he is probably only alive because the killer doesn't think much of him. Then he discusses something that happened in WWII (the setting is 1970s) and some of the characters were also in Vietnam. Right after reading this, I watched to movie again. Some of the subtlety of the book is lost in the movie. It would have been hard to put it in, but it is a loss in the movie and makes the book worthwhile, even if you have seen the movie.

I often had trouble determining who the narrator was at various points. I'm not sure if this was in the original book, or if it is a difficulty peculiar to the narration. The voices also were not very distinctive, so that made it more difficult, as one has to figure out who is speaking from the context- and that can take a while.

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