This impressive edition of McCarthy's complete Border Trilogy in one volume offers the reader one of the most important works of American literature of the past few decades. McCarthy's work is much more than a simple western story, as it transcends the boundaries between fiction and philosophy, the real and the world of dreams. With influences ranging from traditional western, coming-of-age stories, chivalric romance, classical tragedy, and magical realism, McCarthy's masterpiece is a work that deserves to be read again and again. This new edition, which includes all three novels, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain, is a welcome addition to the category of McCarthy's works available in print.