No Country for Old Men From the bestselling author of The Road

<p><b>Savage violence and cruel morality reign in the backwater deserts of Cormac McCarthy's <i>No Country for Old Men</i>, a tale of one man's dark opportunity – and the darker consequences that spiral forth.<br><br>Adapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (<i>Fargo</i>, <i>True Grit</i>), winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture).</b><br><br><b>'A fast, powerful read, steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' – <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>1980. Llewelyn Moss, a Vietnam veteran, is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice – leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything.<br><br>And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?<br><br><b>'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' – <i>Independent</i></b><br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.</b><br><br>Praise for Cormac McCarthy:<br><br>‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and <i>The Wren, The Wren</i><br><br>'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of <i>The Shining</i> and the Dark Tower series<br><br>'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of <i>Brokeback Mountain</i></p>