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New Orleans: B. E. Trice, 2005. First edition. Fine.. Signed limited first edition of this neo-Western thriller, one of McCarthy's most famous works and the basis for an Oscar-winning film. Known for his "brutal and spare" narratives, Cormac McCarthy has been called "one of the greatest living novelists" (Cowley, THE GUARDIAN). NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is a major work of the McCarthy canon, exploring fate and futility in the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong in rural west Texas. A MacArthur Fellow, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, and National Book Award-winner, McCarthy's reputation has been extended further with the success of the Coen brothers' Hollywood adaptation of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original quarter burgundy leather with marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Brown endpapers. 312 pages. Signed by McCarthy and numbered 42 (of 325) to colophon. In original burgundy cloth slipcase. A sharp copy.

No Country for Old Men is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. The book was first published in 2005, and it takes place along the United States–Mexico border in 1980, revolving around an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert.