Blogs in July 2020

The Crossing 8th July 2020

The Crossing forms second part of Cormac McCarthy’s critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with The Cities of the Plain. Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World...

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A Fine Dark Line 8th July 2020

13-year-old Stanley Mitchel Jr. spends most of his time helping his family run the town’s drive-in movie theatre, reading ten-cent comics, and playing with his dog Nub. Life in East Texas circa 1958 is not very exciting until Stanley...

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The Time It Never Rained 8th July 2020

To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man’s biggest enemy is one he can’t control. With their entire livelihood pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush their...

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Vernon God Little 8th July 2020

In the small town of Martirio, Texas, fifteen-year-old Vernon Little finds himself in deep trouble after his best friend Jesus kills sixteen of his classmates before committing suicide. Vernon becomes the target of townspeople in search of vengeance and...

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The Big Blow 6th July 2020

Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns...

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