These elements place No Country for Old Men within a broad tradition of westerns including works such as Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, and True Grit, by Charles Portis. Like several of McCarthy’s other novels, No Country for Old Men includes all of the elements of the traditional western genre, including goodhearted sheriffs, ruthless outlaws, tragic heroes and dames, and gunfights. Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, has also been cited as an influence on McCarthy’s work. His earlier work stems from the southern gothic tradition, and was heavily influenced by William Faulkner, the author of The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. Though McCarthy’s work is undoubtedly literary in its style and intent, he is known to blend genres in his work, including science fiction, southern gothic, western, and thriller.
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