The Road is the astonishing post-apocalyptic and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy.

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

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

About the Author
Cormac McCarthy is the author of many highly acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, All The Pretty Horses and No Country For Old Men. Among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Road.

Reviews
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
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 *
So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent. * Daily Telegraph *
You will read on, absolutely convinced, thrilled, mesmerized. All the modern novel can do is done here. -- Alan Warner * Guardian *
A masterpiece that will soon be considered a classic. * Herald *


Awards
Winner of James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2006 (UK) and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2007 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780330513005
Author Cormac McCarthy
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 230g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 21mm