no country for old men cormac mccarthy book review

Meanwhile, Chigurh, a ruthless hit man who uses a slaughterhouse bolt gun used to kill cattle as his weapon of choice and often flips a coin to determine whether a person lives or dies, is hired to track Moss and the drug money. Bell, who is haunted by the death of his men in WWII, makes it his mission to protect Moss and Carla Jean, while bringing justice to the criminals involved. Sheriff Bell and his deputies begin their investigation of the botched drug deal and several connected murders. She leaves for Odessa, and Moss goes on the run. Returning home, Moss tells Carla Jean she needs to go to Odessa and stay with her mother. He realizes that the men will track him using the information from his truck, and understands they will never stop looking for him. A chase ensues, but Moss escapes by jumping into a river.

Meanwhile, a pair of drug dealers discovers his truck. When he arrives, he finds the man has been shot and killed.

Later that night he wakes with a feeling of remorse, and returns to the scene to bring the dying man some water. Moss takes the briefcase, and returns home to his wife Carla Jean. He finds the man lying dead beside a briefcase packed with 2.4 million dollars. The man begs for water, but Moss leaves to search for the man he suspects survived the carnage. He discovers a dying Mexican man in a truck packed with a large quantity of heroin. Moss is hunting antelope when he stumbles upon a drug deal gone terribly wrong. The narrative begins with Vietnam veteran, Llewellyn Moss. This monologue, and those that follow, establish several of the novel’s themes. The novel opens with a monologue delivered by Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, a WWII veteran and sheriff of Terrell County, in which he speaks about the evolving evil in America and his struggle to reconcile the changes he is witnessing in society. No Country for Old Men is set in 1980 in the barren West Texas landscape along the U.S./Mexico Border.

No country for old men cormac mccarthy book review