Before Starting No Country For Old Men

I'm about to start No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I've never actually seen the movie, and I decided to read the book because my good friend Bill told me that I would like it. After reading the back and the quotes at the beginning its seems like it's going to be a very violent, fast paced modern Western. It's set along the Texas-Mexico border, which I don't know much about. I don't think I've ever read a novel that's set in the southwest. The area has never been of much interest to me. But, maybe that will change after I read this.