Cities of the Plain

In the dying days of the American frontier, two men marked by boyhood adventures now stand together, forced to confront a country changing beyond recognition. Cities of the Plain brings Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border Trilogy to its brutal, inevitable conclusion.

'The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature' – Guardian

1952, New Mexico. John Grady Cole works alongside Billy Parnham. As the military encroaches upon the ranch from the north, the allure of Mexico proves irresistible to John Grady.

When he falls in love with a sex worker south of the border, events are set into motion that will prove as dangerous as they are unstoppable . . .

Cities of the Plain is the final novel in the Border Trilogy. It is preceded by the first two volumes: All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing.

Praise for Cormac McCarthy:

'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren

'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series

'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.