Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3)

As the final book of the trilogy, Cities of the Plain is perhaps slighter than the first two stories - but no less moving and tragic for that. McCarthy offers us little hope in the stories of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, both essentially good characters who suffer for their love of horses and the cowboy way of life. The ending is somewhat arcane and you need to stick with it to discover the message of the entire trilogy. I can give this work no higher endorsement than to say that I started riding lessons as a result of the way he describes man's complicated relationship with the horse!

This is the concluding book in the trilogy, and is a superbly eloquent telling of the final part of the story of the central characters. It is achingly beautiful in the simple language and un fussy prose used to tell the tale of exhausting physical work, grand landscape, and men of few words. I was lost when it was finished.

Great book and in good condition

Heartbreaking and brilliant.

Great condition