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Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3)

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Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3)

In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier.Â Â

The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. It is a life that is about to change forever, and John Grady and Billy both know it.

The catalyst for that change appears in the form of a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute.Â Â When John Grady falls in love, Billy agrees--against his better judgment--to help him rescue the girl from her suavely brutal pimp. The ensuing events resonate with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy.Â Â Hauntingly beautiful, filled with sorrow, humor and awe, Cities of the Plain is a genuine American epic.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage International
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780679747192
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1999-05-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679747192

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