Illustrated by Gérard DuBois
Multi-layered, violent and beautiful, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is a modern classic justly celebrated in this Folio Society edition, illustrated by award-winning artist Gérard DuBois.
‘A bloody and starkly beautiful tale.’
- The Sunday Times
Brutal and bleak; unique and compelling, Blood Meridian is widely regarded as Cormac McCarthy’s magnum opus, and one of the greatest American novels of all time. An epic western, it explores the spiralling violence suffered by Americans and Indians along the Texas-Mexican border in the mid-19th century. The disregard for life and law on both sides is a reflection on humanity’s destiny, and who among us might control its fate. Having illustrated our best-selling edition of McCarthy’s The Road, artist Gérard DuBois confronts the relentless savagery with surprising grace in his emotive illustrations, while his binding design leaves no doubt as to the hard-hitting nature of the book.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Bound in printed and blocked paper
Set in Maxime
320 pages
Black & white illustrated title-page spread plus 6 colour illustrations
Plain slipcase
9˝ x 5¾˝
Gérard DuBois illustrations
The Great American Novel
Biographies
Was very happy with the quality of the binding on this book. So many "quality" books are just bound cheaply.
Review by micah cantrell on 26th February 2025
Quality of the product is consistently excellent.
Review by James Martin on 9th February 2025
You cannot go wrong with Cormack McCarthy
Review by PEARL ADAY on 17th January 2025
This is one of my partner's favorite books and I was determined to replace his Folio Society copy after a mishap where his original book was accidentally soaked in whiskey (an oddly fitting way to ruin this particular book). This copy came quickly and is just as vibrant and beautiful as we remembered. Highly recommend!
Review by Mercedes Khali on 31st December 2024
The book was brand new and my bro was thrilled to read it
Review by Alex Cracknell on 30th December 2024
Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road is presented as a Folio collector’s edition, with artist Gérard DuBois’s beautiful and desolate illustrations and Michael Chabon’s New York Review of Books essay. Winner of the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize at the V&A Illustration Awards 2022.
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