Facts about No Country for Old Men
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Llewelyn Moss, the protagonist of No Country for Old Men, stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert and sets the novel's violent plot in motion.
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Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, the aging lawman narrator of No Country for Old Men, reflects McCarthy's themes of moral decay and a world outpacing traditional values.
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Cormac McCarthy published No Country for Old Men in 2005, his first novel set entirely in the modern era rather than a historical past.
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Javier Bardem's character Anton Chigurh kills fourteen people on screen throughout No Country for Old Men using a captive bolt pistol as his primary weapon.
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The Coen Brothers' 2007 film adaptation of No Country for Old Men won four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.