{"product_id":"crossing","title":"The Crossing: Cormac McCarthy (Picador Collection, 24) [2022] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crossing \u003c\/i\u003eforms the second part of Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, a story that began with\u003ci\u003e All the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e and concludes with \u003ci\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd. Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal - but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is part of the Picador Collection, a new list of the best in contemporary literature published in Picador's 50th Anniversary year. McCarthy's eagerly anticipated new novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStella Maris\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by Picador in October 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mccarthy, Cormac","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42591051088057,"sku":"9781035003747","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mccarthy-cormac-the-crossing-cormac-mccarthy-picador-collection-24-2022-paperback-9781035003747-57694751261011.jpg?v=1726312442","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/crossing","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}