First edition of this � harrowing, propulsive drama� � about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe� (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy and signed three times by jacket artist Chip Kidd; on the front panel, below McCarthy's signature and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. "Cormac McCarthy has said, in interviews, that there is no such thing as life without bloodshed, and that the novelist s proper occupation is with death. His work gives eloquent witness to this vision McCarthy is a colossally gifted writer" (The New Yorker). Basis for the Coen brothers' 2007 film with Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem that won four Oscars, including Best Picture.