Cities of the Plain

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literary work novel

Cities of the Plain is a 1998 novel by Cormac McCarthy that concludes his Border Trilogy, following cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham along the U.S.–Mexico border in a stark, tragic exploration of love, violence, and fate.

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Cities of the Plain canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
concludes The Border Trilogy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
follows The Crossing ⓘ
genre Western novel ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
tragic novel ⓘ
hasCharacterOccupation cowboy ⓘ
hasCoverArtist Chip Kidd ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive ⓘ
hasISBN 0-679-74610-9 ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm prose ⓘ
hasSequel none ⓘ
hasStyle minimal punctuation ⓘ
sparse prose ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
hasTemporalSetting mid-20th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Billy Parham ⓘ
John Grady Cole ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
narrativeTone bleak ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
pageCount approximately 292 ⓘ
partOfSeries The Border Trilogy ⓘ
prequel All the Pretty Horses ⓘ
The Crossing ⓘ
protagonistAgeGroup young adult ⓘ
publicationYear 1998 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
seriesPosition 3 ⓘ
settingLocation Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
theme borderlands ⓘ
death ⓘ
fate ⓘ
love ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cormac McCarthy → notableWork → Cities of the Plain ⓘ
All the Pretty Horses → followedBy → Cities of the Plain ⓘ
The Crossing → followedBy → Cities of the Plain ⓘ
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. → notableWork → Cities of the Plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Cormac McCarthy