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All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy · 1992 · Book

A lyrical, sweeping novel of two young cowboys journeying through Mexico in the 1950s. McCarthy's sparse, poetic prose captures the romance and tragedy of the American West for readers drawn to literary fiction with philosophical depth.

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