No Country for Old Men (2005) Cormac McCarthy (Author)
Award Winner
In 1980, Vietnam vet Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande in southwest Texas when he comes across several dead men, a shipment of Mexican heroin, and $2.4 million in cash. Moss takes the money, and the hunter then becomes the hunted. He is targeted by escaped psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh, who double-crossed a drug cartel, and by ex-Army Special Forces agent Carson Wells, who now works for drug lords. Two more murders and a victim's burning car involve aging Sheriff Bell in the chase. Concerned about Moss's whereabouts, Bell, a decorated veteran, contemplates how life has changed, the destructiveness of modern society, a World War II incident in which he was involved, and the evil that surrounds him even as he tries to protect his territory. Bell's musings provide a counterpoint to action scenes of mounting violence.
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Llewelyn Moss, Hunter (for antelope), Ed Tom Bell, Police Officer (sheriff), Anton Chigurh, Drug Dealer (psychopath), Carson Wells, Organized Crime Figure (drug cartel)
GENRE :
Western fiction
SUB GENRE :
Chase, Modern
SETTING(S) :
Sanderson, Texas, Sheffield, Dryden, Gulf States, North America, Southwest, United States, West
SUBJECT :
Aging (Biology), Drugs, Good and evil, Law enforcement, Money, Murder, Nature, Revenge, Violence, Western fiction
TIME PERIOD :
20th century AD, 1980s (Decade) AD
BEST SELLERS LIST
Globe and Mail National Bestseller: Hardcover Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 1
First Appearance: 8/20/2005
Last Appearance: 8/20/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 8
Los Angeles Times Book Review (Southern California): Hardcover Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 8
First Appearance: 8/7/2005
Last Appearance: 9/25/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 2
New York Times Bestseller List: Hardcover Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 5
First Appearance: 8/7/2005
Last Appearance: 9/4/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 8
Publishers Weekly Hardcover Bestsellers: Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 6
First Appearance: 8/1/2005
Last Appearance: 9/5/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 6
Wall Street Journal Bestsellers: Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 5
First Appearance: 7/29/2005
Last Appearance: 8/26/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 7
Washington Post Book World Hardcover Bestsellers: Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 3
First Appearance: 7/31/2005
Last Appearance: 8/14/2005
Highest Position Achieved: 7
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300131378
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010
SOURCE CITATION : "No Country for Old Men." 2010. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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