The Counselor: A Screenplay (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345803597)

From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road--in this screenplay of the major motion picture, the Counselor makes a risky entrée into the drug trade, on the eve of becoming a married man, and gambles that the consequences won't catch up to him.

Along the gritty terrain of the Texas-Mexico border, a respected and recently engaged lawyer throws his stakes into a cocaine trade worth millions. His hope is that it will be a one-time deal and that, afterward, he can settle into life with his beloved fiancée. But instead, the Counselor finds himself mired in a brutal and dangerous game--one that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves. Deft, shocking, and unforgettable, McCarthy is at his finest in this gripping tale about risk, consequence, and the treacherous balance between the two.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's new novel, The Passenger.

Author: Cormac McCarthy
ISBN-10: 0345803590
ISBN-13: 9780345803597
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2013
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.19w x 0.61d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 14

About the Author
Born in Rhode Island in 1933 but raised and educated in Tennesee, Cormac McCarthy is the author of a dozen previous novels and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.