![]() The boy was raised for a significant part of his youth, perhaps 15 of his 16 years, by a family of Mexican origin who worked on the ranch he is a native speaker of Spanish and English. The novel tells of John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old who grew up on his grandfather's ranch in San Angelo, Texas. ![]() The book was adapted as a 2000 film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. It is also the first of McCarthy's " Border Trilogy". National Book Award Īnd the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was a bestseller, and it won both the U.S. ![]() ![]() Its romanticism, contrasting with the bleakness of Blood Meridian, McCarthy's earlier work, brought the writer much public attention. All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. ![]()
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