{"product_id":"crossing-3","title":"Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet along the US-Mexcio border of the 1940s, Cormac McCarthy''s legendary Border Trilogy continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, a coming-of-age western set parallel to the events of \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''McCarthy speaks to us in the thrilling, apocalyptic tones of an Old Testament prophet'' – \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd are fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family''s property. Billy captures the animal but, rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to from where it came.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his return, he will find himself – and his world – irrevocably changed. His innocence lost at a cruel price, the desolate beauty of the border will beckon once again . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous'' – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Nominally Westerns, these books are too entropic and philosophical to fit within the limits of the genre. They summon the ghosts of history, and haunt the gaps between justice and reality'' – Rachel Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is the second volume in the Border Trilogy. It is preceded by \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses \u003c\/i\u003eand followed by\u003ci\u003e Cities of the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and \u003ci\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306177634686,"sku":"NW9781035003747","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781035003747.jpg?v=1778510028","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/crossing-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}