THE ROAD [CD BOXSET] [4 DISCS]

from mrstreme

I expected a depressing story as I cautiously started Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I have read several reviews of this book and knew it was a father-son story set in a post-apocalyptic United States, and that they would have to defend themselves against hunger, the weather and roaming bands of can...

from terrybain

I sort of hate how much I love Cormac McCarthy, and though this book is no exception to how much I hate loving Cormac McCarthy, it's like the one I hate loving the least. That is, I was so moved and torn and broken by the end of the book that I very nearly was in love with loving this very dark, ...

from deslivres5

I picked up this book, mistakenly thinking that it was in the zombie genre. It wasn't about zombies at all (well, at least not in the classic horror movie sense), but it was pretty disturbing and heart-wrenching. Made me want to run out and buy tons of canned goods, a sturdy pair of boots and a w...

from AlisonY

I don't generally read (or enjoy) science fiction / horror / post-apocalyptic fiction (call it what you will), and whilst McCarthy has always intrigued me I never thought I'd enjoy his writing. So I was wrong on all counts... This is an incredibly tender, heartbreaking book, and whilst it's set i...

from ElectricRay

This is a truly beautiful novel. The scenario in which McCarthy places his characters - a post apocalyptic wasteland - seems so hackneyed that nothing of value could be wrung from it, but McCarthy's sparse elegance and unrelenting cinematic vision draws nourishment from this dead metaphor just as...