It is hard to know what to say about books: such as thesis. They are beautifully written - though McCarthy's style takes some getting used to - and the characters, Especially the young men who are central to the three books, are vividly drawn. The plot (s) seem almost incidental to the imagery of the landscape and internal psychological pain of the Protagonists, however. One would have a hard time summarizing the 'story' of These Three books, yet it is there. But within the story it is always the moment, as expeienced (though seldom understood) by the central characters, That is important. These books have been Characterized as 'coming of age' stories, And that is what Certainly They are to some extent. But the overall feeling evoked by the author is not one of coming into something but of loss - not just of innocence but of hope, opportunity, to Entire way of life. The contrast between the border country in America and the much more primitive conditions in Mexico serve, in all three books, to highlight the Change that is coming to live performance did used to be simple. Each Of These books can be read alone. They do not continue a coherent storyline. But read together, With Their slight differences in tone and image, the reader is left with a heavy sense That life will now be alientated from the land and the simple imperative That individual survival demands will be replaced by order and artificiality. McCarthy's hero's sense of tragic loss is believable and understandable.