Gripping beyond belief.Ĭhris Cleave, Sunday Telegraph One of the most shocking and harrowing but ultimately redemptive books I have read. Here is an American classic which, at a stroke, makes McCarthy a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.Īndrew O’Hagan McCarthy conjures from this pitiless flight the miracle of unswerving humanity. Cormac McCarthy 3 Books Collection Set (The Road, Blood Meridian & No Country for Old Men) Cormac McCarthy 160 Paperback £14.

The first great masterpiece of the globally warmed generation. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. In this unflinching study of the best and worst of humankind, Cormac McCarthy boldly divines a future without hope, but one in which, miraculously, this young family finds tenderness.Īn exemplar of post-apocalyptic writing, The Road is a true modern classic, a masterful, moving and increasingly prescient novel.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Road is an incandescent novel, the story of a remarkable and profoundly moving journey. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. previous 1 2 3 next sort by previous 1 2 3 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. Books by Cormac McCarthy (Author of The Road) Books by Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy Average rating 4.02 1,469,367 ratings 102,486 reviews shelved 2,881,898 times Showing 30 distinct works. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Attempting to survive in this brave new world, the young boy and his protector have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves. Publisher description for 'The road'-'A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthys masterpiece. The landscape is destroyed, nothing moves save the ash on the wind and cruel, lawless men stalk the roadside, lying in wait. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. The post-apocalyptic modern classic with an introduction by novelist John Banville.

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