All the Pretty Horses

About “All the Pretty Horses”

All the Pretty Horses is a 1992 novel by Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf. It marked a shift in McCarthy's style, featuring a more romantic tone compared to his earlier works. The novel became a bestseller and won the U.S. National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It is part of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy," which includes The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. The trilogy explores the American Frontier and is written in an unconventional style without traditional Western punctuation. The book was adapted into a 2000 film directed by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.