The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy
"I picked up "The Crossing," "The Crossing" is a second book of Cormac McCarthy's, "Border" trilogy. And I read the first book. "The Crossing" is kind of bleak coming of age story about a young man named Boyd. Who in this act of rebellion takes this wolf that was trapped on his ranch, that he and his father trapped and just somehow, he had learned that the wolf had come from Mexico. And so he saddled up his horse and kind of muzzled the wolf behind him and was leading the wolf back into Mexico. It actually involves three trips into Mexico.
All of the trips were pretty bleak, but very beautifully written. Cormac McCarthy's writing in "The Crossing" just gives wonderful attention to each scene and each event and each experience and really puts you there without you thinking so, necessarily where is the plot leading? What does this mean? Off hand, I think maybe my favorite character was the wolf that this boy tried to rescue. Maybe reminded me of my dog.
I've not read "The Road" and I've not seen "No Country for Old Men." And very interested actually I saw the review on "The Road," the Blue Rectangle website. I recommend "The Crossing" and the whole Cormac McCarthy "Border" trilogy to anyone who just really likes to get lost in the story. I'd give it four and a half stars. It was a really good book."
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