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NOW AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED FILM STARRING VIGGO MORTENSEN So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent Daily Telegraph 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. PRAISE FOR THE ROAD A masterpiece that will soon be considered a classic Herald McCarthy conjures from this pitiless flight the miracle of unswerving humanity. Gripping beyond belief Chris Cleave, Sunday 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 You will read on, absolutely convinced, thrilled, mesmerized. All the modern novel can do is done here Alan Warner, Guardian 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'HaganProduct Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780330513005
eBay Product ID (ePID)90011934
Product Key Features
Publication Year2010
TopicBooks
Book TitleThe Road
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorCormac McCarthy
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight230 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorCormac Mccarthy