THE CROSSING

Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, The Crossing follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Bil ly and his younger brother Boyd. Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his familys property, Billy captures the ani mal but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from.McCarthy writes p rose as clean as a bullet cutting through the air and constructs tales as compelling as any you will read . . . They are stories abo ut people ...[Read more]