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Cities of The Plain by Cormac McCarthy

Cities of The Plain

Border Trilogy, Volume 3

by Cormac McCarthy
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  • First Published:
  • May 1, 1999, 292 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jul 1999, 292 pages
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Suzanne G.

#3
Here is the third in the Border Trilogy, but the second is not available to review. The Crossing (#2) is rated 4 by me.
The book is as melancholy as the other two. Emotional and violent, Cities of the Plain was one I couldn’t put down. But there is one thing I may have missed in the book—why did the cover have a burning field?
Evelyn Juarez

It's a really good book. Really interesting to read and to do a project on it. A right book for historical events.
sarah

Cormac McCarthy is an amazing writer. I loved every moment of the boder trilogy. With the exception of the violence in the novels. John Grady Cole and Billy are the most real characters I have ever come across in writing.
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