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''No Country for Old Men'' is a 2005 novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy. The story occurs in the vicinity of the United States–Mexico border, in 1980, and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert backcountry. The title of the novel derives from the first line of the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" (1926), by W. B. Yeats. The book was adapted into the 2007 film of the same name, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ==Characters== *Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, the main protagonist, a laconic World War II veteran who oversees the investigation and the trail of the murders even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to solve. His reminiscences serve as part of the book's narration. *Anton Chigurh, the main antagonist, a psychopathic hitman. He is in his thirties and has eyes as "blue as lapis ... Like wet stones." A man of dark and vaguely exotic complexion. *Llewelyn Moss, a welder and Vietnam War veteran in his late thirties, who stumbles upon the drug deal site, and - with tumultuous consequences - appropriates $2m he finds amongst the dead drug dealers. *Carla Jean Moss, Llewelyn's nineteen-year-old wife. *Carson Wells, another hitman, formerly a lieutenant colonel from the Vietnam War, who is hired to retrieve the money from Chigurh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No Country for Old Men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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