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Title: No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
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| No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage No Country For Old Men | | I am embarrassed to say, after all the great reviews by others, that this one of the WORST books I have ever struggled through. It was almost unreadable. I kept wanting to throw it away, but was curious how it would continue and end. A terrible book. | | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage Sailing to nihilism | The authorial perspective, in the person of a small town sheriff, sustains a running philosophical commentary while impotently observing the perdition of a latter day American Adam, ...to the effect that nothing makes sense anymore; and that, caught in this sensual cacophony of idiot consumerism and avarice, all neglect monuments of unaging intellect, ...Tradition, i.e., Jesus, and enlightenment institutions of civilization, as in The Law.
The encompassing trope is "war", ...over heroin and the profits therefrom; but, emblematic of most any strategic commodity (notably oil) within the capitalist system. All the antagonists are warriors in one or another of America's military escapades during its "century of war". Two do battle on behalf of opposing gangsters with HQ's in Dallas skyscrapers, just like Haliburton et. al.. The third, the American archetype, is a soldier of fortune, a freebooter, a lone wolf, a cowboy. The killing, as in all our wars, is massive and wholesale. And the technology of battle as horrifying as the soullessness of those who wield it.
And the end of it all has the sheriff despairing of the civic world, law and patriotism, in favor of recurring to the elemental micro-world of wife and lover. | | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage A Great Read | | This is a special book on numerous levels. It is a Western that is set in modern times with a great deal of morality infused into it. The plot, itself, is not a complex one, yet it becomes a classic in the hand of the writer. Each chapter begins with musings by the Sheriff about the world, his life and how things have evolved with the passage of time. This gives the reader great insight into the character as well as the motivations for his actions. The characters are all richly developed in this superb work that almost reads like a moralty play. It is a deeply satisfying book by a superb writer. It does not fit into the category of being a page-turner, yet is a very special read that is far superior to the film that was based upon this work. | | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage NCFOM audio version is magnificent | NCFOM is a stunning meditation on evil in Cormac McCarthy's resonant, unique prose. The audio version, narrated by Tom Stechschulte, is magnificent - chilling and edgy from beginning to end.
Stechschulte's portrayals of Anton Chigurh, Ed Tom Bell, Llewelyn Moss and the minor characters are charged with energy and power, each wonderfully distinct as individuals in voice and emotion. His work portraying the female characters is as good as you might ask from a male performance. In all, Stechschulte's performance is second only perhaps to George Guidall's incomparable reading of Don Quixote (see my other reviews).
Grab this audio book from your local library for your next commute or car trip. It is an emotional engaging experience, not to be forgotten any time soon. | | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage The movie is much better | | I can't believe how much I hate this book. I LOVED the movie. This book is intolerable though. I didn't make it far at all because it bored me out of my mind. The characters repeat themselves and each other so much it's insane. Just watch the movie it's great!! | | No Country for Old Men (Vintage International) by Vintage Product Description | | In No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines. |
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