No Country for Old Men.
by McCARTHY, Cormac
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Set along the United States and Mexico border in 1980, the story concerns an illicit drug deal gone wrong in a remote desert location. The title comes from the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. The book was adapted into the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164542
- Title
- No Country for Old Men.
- Author
- McCARTHY, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
- Date Published
- 2005
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