Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780330447546
ISBN: 0330447548
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 01, 2007
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador

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Rating: - Bleak, grim, but with just a flicker of hope
The bleakest thing about this book is that it is set several years after some catastrophic disaster (most probably a nuclear war) which has devastated the Earth (or, at least, the part our protagonists are wandering through). This means that supplies have almost completely dried up, flora and fauna have died out, and the world depicted is one of desperation, cannibalism and little hope. However, the one element which runs throughout the book that gives this story some beauty is the man's obvious ... Read More

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Rating: - The Road
`The Road' by Cormic McCarthy is about a father and son who are two of the only survivors of an unexplained apocalypse and their journey through deserted America on their way south to try and beat the cold weather.

I wasn't a fan at all of McCarthy's novel No Country For Old Men as although the story was good, I hated the writing style, so I was very sceptical about reading `The Road' but thanks so Amazon Vine I got a free copy so gave it a read and I am so glad I did read it as it is ... Read More

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Rating: - The road to hell..........
Cripes! Don't read this book if you live alone!

A haunting, mesmeric tale that will stay with you for hours after you've put the book down.
I read it in 4 sittings during a bout of insomnia over Christmas and believe me you're absolutely chuffed to see the dawn rise after inhabiting the sunless world of the survivors for a couple of hours.

Bleak, but not without hope. This book will hook you big time. Buy it now!

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Rating: - Helpless, but not hopeless
If you don't know that Cormac McCarthy is one of America's greatest living novelists, and if for some reason you haven't already read his Suttee, Border Trilogy, or Blood Meridian, now's the time to make up for it with this taut, lean tale of survival on a scorched Earth, told in a prose style as hypnotic and rhythmic as a drum beat. It is a harrowing, forceful work of literature.

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Rating: - A Journey Worth Taking
I read this book in one sitting. I did not want to miss any of the wonderful and haunting writing. The story of a seemingly pointless journey through a post apocalyptic landscape by a father and son is truly a coruscating experience. At times the simple things in life, which we all take for granted are thrown into sharp relief by the very desolation and destruction surrounding the protagonists. A simple story, simply told. No reason or justification is given for the holocaust, this is not the story ... Read More

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