The Road
$24.75
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2010
Summary
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food - and each other.
“So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent” - Daily Telegraph
PRAISE FOR THE ROAD:
“A masterpiece that will soon be considered a classic” - Heral…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330513005 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0330513001 |
| Author: | Cormac McCarthy |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | Reprints |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
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Critics Review
The first great masterpiece of the globally warmed generation. Here is an American classic which, at a stroke, makes McCarthy a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
A masterpiece that will soon be considered a classic. * Herald * You will read on, absolutely convinced, thrilled, mesmerized. All the modern novel can do is done here. – Alan Warner * Guardian * So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent. * Daily Telegraph * One of the most shocking and harrowing but ultimately redemptive books I have read. It is an intensely intimate story. It is also a warning. – Kirsty Wark * Observer Books of the Year * McCarthy conjures from this pitiless flight the miracle of unswerving humanity. Gripping beyond belief. – Chris Cleave * Sunday Telegraph * The first great masterpiece of the globally warmed generation. Here is an American classic which, at a stroke, makes McCarthy a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. – Andrew O’Hagan
About The Author
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is the author of nine previous novels, and among his honors are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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