For the first time in Russian - the famous novel by Cormac McCarthy, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize (for the novel "The Road"), the MacArthur Scholarship "For Genius", and the modern American classic of the main caliber, the master of complex experiences and non-standard syntax . This cruel parable in the shell of a modernized western was carefully transferred to the film screen by the Cohen brothers; the film was nominated in 2008 for eight Oscars and received four, and also collected about a hundred various awards around the world A Vietnam veteran (played by Josh Brolin in the film) goes to the Texas mountains to hunt for an antelope and discovers traces of a bandit showdown - dead bodies, a load of drugs and a suitcase with two million dollars. After succumbing to the temptation, he takes the money - and soon is forced to flee from both the Mexican bandits and the demonic killer that follows him inexorably (this role was brilliantly performed by Javier Bardem), behind which, lagging a step, the local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) moves ...