Journal Entry 1 by ApoloniaX from Bremen, Bremen Germany on Thursday, August 04, 2011

The Crossing is a novel by prize-winning American author Cormac McCarthy, published in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf. The story is the second installment of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy".
Like its predecessor, All the Pretty Horses, it is a coming-of-age novel set on the border between the southwest United States and Mexico. The plot takes place before and during the Second World War, and focuses on the life of Billy Parham, the protagonist, a teenage cowboy, his family and his younger brother Boyd. The story tells of three journeys taken from New Mexico to Mexico. It is noted for being a more melancholic novel than the first of the trilogy, without returning to the hellish bleakness of McCarthy's early novels.
Although the novel is neither satirical nor humorous, its realistic portrayal of an often destitute hero taking part in a series of loosely connected quests in a brutal, corrupt world gives it many of the qualities of a picaro.
(Wikipedia)

Hardcover edition 

Journal Entry 2 by ApoloniaX at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, September 05, 2011

Released 8 mos ago (9/23/2011 UTC) at BCUK Unconvention 2011 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 3 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, September 25, 2011

ApoloniaX, it was such a lovely surprise to find this gift wrapped book with my name on it at the UnCon, thank you so much for taking the time to search the Wish Lists. Hope to see you again, maybe in Dublin? 

Journal Entry 4 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, January 08, 2012

This was just as good as All the Pretty Horses if not better. Another harrowing but beautiful story set north and south of the Mexican border. McCarthy conjures an evocotive and contrasting set of characters throught out the many episodes that fill Billy Parham's young life. And again we have the underlying insight and awareness of animal behaviour set against the harshness of the Mexican landscape.
It would have been useful to have some added notes for reference at the back of the book for those of us whose Spanish isn't too good. All the pretty Horses was much easier in this respect. Some sections are just too long for typing into google, it damages the flow of the story.