Book · 1992 · Fiction
All the Pretty Horses
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Well I wrote a poem about my experience with Cormac mccarthur's All the Pretty Horses I don't know if you've read that novel but if you haven't you should it's a fantastic book and uh I was feeling like that about it so I wrote a poem and I sent it to him.
The best things said about it
All the Pretty Horses was published by afov and there was a big PR push for All the Pretty Horses and before that no one really knew the name cor M McCarthy.
All the Pretty Horses again about a young man living in Texas goes down with a friend of his to Mexico.
Plus, that's another guy, which I think there was a parallel, even though we didn't talk about it, is that the first, until All the Pretty Horses, which I think is his sixth novel or his seventh, that people had maybe bought maybe 1,200 books of each novel, so nobody bought his shit.
Josh Brolin This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Oct 2026 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
All the Pretty Horses is a novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a young man from Texas who travels down to Mexico with a companion. Roger Waters appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to recommend the book, noting that he felt so strongly about it that he composed a poem inspired by his experience and sent it directly to the author. Josh Brolin also discussed the book on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, highlighting it within the context of McCarthy's early career when his previous novels sold very few copies before he achieved widespread acclaim. Dwight Garner talked about the novel on The Book Review, pointing out that its publication was accompanied by a major promotional push that finally brought McCarthy's name to a broader public. Additionally, Gilbert Cruz summarized the plot of the novel during an episode of The Book Review, emphasizing the journey undertaken by the young Texan protagonist and his friend across the border. These podcast appearances collectively celebrate the novel as a turning point in McCarthy's literary trajectory, moving him from relative obscurity to commercial and critical renown, while continuing to inspire heartfelt creative responses from prominent artists decades after its initial publication.
Every mention
Roger Waters well I wrote a poem about my experience with Cormac mccarthur's All the Pretty Horses I don't know if you'v… 1
“well I wrote a poem about my experience with Cormac mccarthur's All the Pretty Horses I don't know if you've read that novel but if you haven't you should it's a fantastic book and uh I was feeling like that about it so I wrote a poem and I sent it to him”
Dwight Garner All the Pretty Horses was published by afov and there was a big PR push for All the Pretty Horses and befor… 1
“All the Pretty Horses was published by afov and there was a big PR push for All the Pretty Horses and before that no one really knew the name cor M McCarthy”
Gilbert Cruz All the Pretty Horses again about a young man living in Texas goes down with a friend of his to Mexico 1
“All the Pretty Horses again about a young man living in Texas goes down with a friend of his to Mexico”
Josh Brolin Plus, that's another guy, which I think there was a parallel, even though we didn't talk about it, is that… 1
“Plus, that's another guy, which I think there was a parallel, even though we didn't talk about it, is that the first, until All the Pretty Horses, which I think is his sixth novel or his seventh, that people had maybe bought maybe 1,200 books of each novel, so nobody bought his shit.”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“McCarthy, who died in 2023, is the author behind books as popular and traditional as No Country for Old Men and All the Pretty Horses, and as ornate and knotty as Blood Meridian.”
“All the Pretty Horses, the the Border Trilogy, just everything.”
“you know his career has quite an arc for half of his career before as you say 1992's All the Pretty Horses”
“of course he became popular with All the Pretty Horses but the movies found him I guess the movie they did made a film too of All the Pretty Horses”
“brian arthur was friends with cormac mccarthy the author who wrote all the pretty horses and no country for old men and cormack helped shape the pros in that piece”