Staff Pick
It took me two years to steel myself enough to read this book; I knew it was going to be grim and difficult to get through, and it was. But, McCarthy's prose is so elegant, and his story is so heartfelt, it was worth taking his blows to get this stunning story. The residual feelings from reading this 2007 Pulitzer winner will never leave you. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
New territory for McCarthy: a post-apocalyptic landscape where listeners meet a man who recalls a better world and a boy who doesn't. With all the trademarks of vintage McCarthy--a man and his young son, a blasted American landscape, sparse prose that is at once brutal and tender--The Road further cements McCarthy's stature as one of America's greatest living novelists.