No Country for Old Men Resources

Cormac McCarthy doesn't just have a website, he has a society, whose goal is to "to further the scholarship and general appreciation of Cormac McCarthy's writing." So… appreciate it, Shmoopers.

Cormac McCarthy also has a journal dedicated to his writing. So if you need a few dozen scholarly articles to read, this is the place.

If the movie and the book engaged in a duel, who would win? This guide to differences between book and film can help you place your bet.

Roger Ebert gives the movie four thumbs up—er, we mean four stars. He especially loves the dialogue taken straight from the book.

In 2005, McCarthy gave the second interview of his career. As in interview one, interview two, and… that's it. He's so reclusive, we can't even find the text of the interview online—only this article about the interview in Vanity Fair magazine.

This article about McCarthy's entire violent oeuvre is called "Red Planet." We're not sure if that is because Texas is like Mars or because the ground is so bloody after all the violence.

The Times approves of McCarthy's brand of "Texas Noir."

Annie Proulx, who wrote Brokeback Mountain, reviews No Country for Old Men and doesn't even lament the lack of steamy cowboy-on-cowboy action.

The coin-toss scene is just as harrowing—maybe even more so—in the movie as it is in the book.

Chigurh isn't as intimidating with a feminine voice, is he?

NPR reviews No Country and all its hopelessness. Since the movie wasn't out yet, we forgive Alan Cheuse for mispronouncing "Chigurh."

The Partially Examined Life podcast missed an opportunity to coin Texastentialism in this discussion of Nietzsche and McCarthy. That's Texas + Existentialism for you non-philosophy folks.