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The crossing

by Cormac McCarthy

Set in the New Mexico borderlands before the Second World War, Billy Parham attempts to return a trapped wolf to the mountains of Mexico. He and his brother Boyd later embark on further journeys across the border, encountering a landscape of revolution, mystery, and hardship.

Accession 21818 ISBN 0330341219 Publisher Picador
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