Another good book by McCarthy. Moss comes across the scene of a drug shooting and finds a briefcase full of money. He realises that he is making the decision of his life, for better or worse, when he takes it. Chigurh is after him and the money, a psychopathic killer with sniper tracking abilities. ( )

Dark again, starting in the middle of nowhere, with empty trucks and dead men. Moss comes buy and finds millions of dollars in one of the trucks. When he decides to keep it, he is hunted by two parties. Will it be possible to survive?

The book is heavy, but once you're in, you want to read more. Nice in between the main story, is the dairy of the sherrif, reflecting on the growing amount of violence in society.

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Wow.

I think you can sum up the entire review with the word above. This book is a lean juicy steak with zero fat. That is the most important thing about this story, that there is zero fluff, because if there was any unneeded junk put into the story, it wouldn't work at all.

I love that McCarthy isn't some literary aficionado somewhere at some university but he is somewhere living in a truck out in West Texas or East New Mexico, writing.

Seeing the movie before the book did not hamper my joy in reading this one bit. What is great about the book is that you get much more of Sheriff Tom Bell, and you get to see his view of things in panorama.

Moss's demise is explained in greater detail, and although it is still not satisfactory for most, it is the way McCarthy intended the book to be, without a tidy ending and without any sense of justice.

There is quite a bit more of Anton Chigurh as well, and he gives out some of his philosophy and world views, especially right before he kills someone. I'm not sure why he is obsessed with the people knowing why he is killing them before he does it, but this is part of his M.O., showing the victims that their life is hopeless if it led to this point.

This book is a fast read, and that is mostly because a good portion of it is dialogue. I'm a sucker for good southern dialogue, and McCarthy's use of the language and dialect is unmatched in this generation.

This is a highly recommended read, despite if you have seen the movie or not, and go into knowing that this is more than a story, but McCarthy's view on civilization and the culture of violence. If you missed his point in the movie, the book won't leave you guessing as to what this all means. We're all in a basket, and we're all heading down south.

I'm going out of my way here to say that I can't remember enjoying a book this much, despite the depression that lingers after reading it. It has jumped up to my top five books of all times list, and may be close to the first. I know that means something to you. ( )

Every choice has a consequence, and sometimes those consequences end up being a larger than live villain named Anton Chigur chasing after you. Made into an Oscar winning movie in 2007, the Coen Brothers made every detail in this story come alive. ( )

Me ha gustado, pero menos que Blood Meridian o The Road.Crítica completa, en catalán, en http://www.xelu.net/html/llibres/llib... ( )