All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy completely mesmerizes with his dark and laconic prose in All the Pretty Horses.  Although this book takes place in Texas and Mexico in 1948, it captures the beauty, paucity, and unforgiving nature of life at the hands of wildness and almost eerily applies to any time when you feel a horse under you.  Don’t be surprised if you can’t put this book down, as McCarthy gasps imagination and harshness into a vivid landscape and cast of characters.  Available here.