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The finale of the "Border Trilogy". John Grady, who sets off towards the unknown at the end of "The Horse", and Billy Parham, who loses everything and wanders alone in "The Crossing", meet in this book, living and working together on a ranch in the southwestern United States near Mexico. Not far from the ranch, the two cities of El Paso in the United States and Juarez in Mexico face each other across the border river, which are also known as "cities on the plains." John Grady fell in love with a beautiful, sickly young prostitute in a Juarez brothel, and was determined to find a way to help her escape from the control of the brothel owner Eduardo and come to the United States to live with him. As his good partner, Billy agreed to help him rescue the girl, although he thought it was not a wise choice like the people around him. However, Eduardo's shrewdness and cruelty exceeded their imagination. John Grady lost his beloved girl, and Billy Parham also lost his good partner.

"Son of God" is Cormac McCarthy's third novel. It writes about murders and mysterious nature in a calm and everyday style, with concise and rough short sentences interlaced with long and weird sentences. It has a strong "Southern Gothic" atmosphere and dark romanticism. Under McCarthy's God-like indifferent yet compassionate gaze, the lonely life of young Ballard is like a cruel and moving wilderness epic, which the exiles sing silently over and over again. In 2013, the film of the same name adapted and directed by James Franco was released in Italy and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 70th Venice Film Festival.