![]() ![]() Moss takes the briefcase, and returns home to his wife Carla Jean. He finds the man lying dead beside a briefcase packed with 2.4 million dollars. The man begs for water, but Moss leaves to search for the man he suspects survived the carnage. He discovers a dying Mexican man in a truck packed with a large quantity of heroin. Moss is hunting antelope when he stumbles upon a drug deal gone terribly wrong. The narrative begins with Vietnam veteran, Llewellyn Moss. This monologue, and those that follow, establish several of the novel’s themes. ![]() The novel opens with a monologue delivered by Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, a WWII veteran and sheriff of Terrell County, in which he speaks about the evolving evil in America and his struggle to reconcile the changes he is witnessing in society. No Country for Old Men is set in 1980 in the barren West Texas landscape along the U.S./Mexico Border. ![]()
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