This author's Cities of the Plain and The Crossing are collected in his Border Trilogy, along with (*) All the Pretty Horses.
One novel by this man describes Gene Harrogate, who mishandles watermelons and tried to shoot bats with poisoned meat. In another of his novels, Alejandra convinces her aunt to pay the ransom for two men who meet Jimmy Blevins. Besides writing about Suttree and John Grady Cole, this author also described a kid who travels with Captain White and later the Glanton gang. This author's Cities of the Plain and The Crossing are collected in his Border Trilogy, along with (*) All the Pretty Horses. For 10 points, name this author of the contemporary Westerns Blood Meridian, The Road, and No Country For Old Men.
One novel by this man describes Gene Harrogate, who mishandles watermelons and tried to shoot bats with poisoned meat.
Cormac {McCarthy}