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Cormac McCarthy, whose early novels were often set in eastern Tennessee and whose later work focuses on the American Southwest, is frequently compared with such Southern-based writers as William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. In a Dic...

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in 1933, lived in Tennessee, and moved to El Paso, Texas, 25 years ago. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Through a series of books that have...

All the Pretty Horses is a novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy published in 1992. Its romanticism (in contrast to the apocalyptic bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. The novel was a bestseller and won the...

I have a friend, one of whose greatest desires is to attend Ascot among the tail coats and toppers of the Royal Enclosure. Should this desire ever be realised, I feel sure that my friend would be disappointed, for her picture of Royal Ascot...

All the Pretty Pictures: All the Pretty Horses BY PAUL STEKLER Directed by Billy Bob Thornton Once upon a time, the mythical West was where some of the best American filmmaking was found. Classics like Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Red River,...

Don't expect a lot of sunshine in Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. Publishing's leading hit-maker has chosen Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," a bleak, apocalyptic novel by an author who rarely talks to the media."It is so extraordinary," Winfrey said Wednesday. "I promise you, you'll...

Two masters of the arts world finally won Pulitzers on Monday, with 73-year-old novelist Cormac McCarthy receiving the fiction prize for "The Road" and 77-year-old saxophonist Ornette Coleman honored in music for "Sound Grammar," a live recording.It was the first Pulitzer for McCarthy, widely praised...

In the following review, Donoghue discusses All the Pretty Horses in relation to McCarthy's other novels, asserting that McCarthy is at his "best with what nature gives or imposes, rather than with the observations of culture."

In the following review, Eder discusses All the Pretty Horses, provides a plot synopsis, and comments on McCarthy's descriptive prose.

In the following review, Bell discusses the differences between All The Pretty Horses and McCarthy's previous novels, and calls the book the "most accessible" of his works.

Throughout the book there are hints and even references to the fact that John Grady was the lone cowboy even before all the events that occurred in the book, he just needed a push in the right direction. Chronologically through the book there are subtle details that make it seem as in John Grady was a loner. From when him and Rawlins first leave for Mexico till the time that they depart from each other, forever.

Discusses the novel, All the Pretty Horses. Describes how John Grady, the main character, embodies heroic characteristicsby way of his adventurous, courageous spirit and dream of becoming a cowboy in the West.

Literary Analysis on All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy