No Country for Old Men

by Alan Schwartz

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN follows three major Eric Newman — an idealistic academic obsessed with the truth about the death of a left–wing poet of the 1930s for his almost finished biography of the writer; Eric’s old friend Nick Burns — a federal agent with no illusions; and Odette des Chavannes — a high profile investigative journalist who is always pursuing a blockbuster story. Their objective — to recover the long-lost technology that is the key to a secret weapon for psychological warfare. Their quests intertwine in a globetrotting journey from New York to Washington, Paris, Buenos Aires and Santiago, through a labyrinth of multinational power and international corruption, where rules and stakes shift constantly and adversaries wear many masks.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 1980

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Reviews

[Avishek Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intense

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this book would be a great read, but I was disappointed. The book could have been written in less than one hundred pages. I liked the beginning and then forced myself to finish the book. Maybe I was just too tired to read the book. I finished the book because I had bought it.

[Kathy Nuss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Currently I am listening to this on BOCD. The movie version is up for an Academy Award for best picture. It is an intense

[Carrie K. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very surprising twists and turns. It got a bit long and complicated. I enjoyed the first 1/4 and the lase 1/4 the most.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, sparse prose, made for fast reading and a sense of "meaning" in the tone. Though I felt a little bit cheated, because the meaning wasn't all that.