The Crossing

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Set in the harsh beauty of the US-Mexico border of the 1940s, The Crossing is a coming-of-age western following sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd, who are fascinated by an elusive wolf marauding their 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. On his return, he will find himself – and his world – irrevocably changed. His innocence lost at a cruel price, the desolate beauty of the border will beckon once again. 'McCarthy speaks to us in the thrilling, apocalyptic tones of an Old Testament prophet' — Sunday Telegraph 'The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous' — The Times 'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' — Anne Enright 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' — Stephen King 'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, McCarthy showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' — Annie Proulx