![]() ![]() He wants to join them, but John Grady and Rawlins are hesitant they believe the horse is stolen and Blevins is trouble. Blevins rides a fine horse and has a unique pistol. ![]() As they ride south, they meet a young boy who goes by the alias Jimmy Blevins. Rawlins agrees to run away to Mexico together, and they depart on horseback. John Grady hitches a ride to San Antonio and watches his mother perform in a play he is unmoved, but he learns that his mother isn’t using her married name. Meanwhile, John Grady goes through a breakup and spends nights camping out with his best friend Lacey Rawlins. John Grady cannot dissuade his mother, and the family lawyer reveals that his father made his divorce official, leaving him with no claim on the land. John Grady’s father returns for the funeral and reconnects with his son, but he’s dying, and cannot do anything about the sale. His mother intends to sell the ranch and has been pursuing her career as an actress his father has been absent since serving in the Pacific theater of World War II, where he was a prisoner of war. John Grady grew up around horses and feels it’s the only life worth living. In San Angelo, Texas in 1949, protagonist John Grady Cole’s grandfather dies, leaving the state of the family ranch in doubt. This guide refers to the 1993 Vintage Paperback edition. McCarthy writes in an idiosyncratic style that does not contain many common punctuation marks. ![]()
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