The Road, the acclaimed novel by Cormac McCarthy, was originally published in 2006. The plot takes place in a burned-out America and follows “Papa” and his young son as they head out in search of the coast. Steering clear of the burned out walking corpses; the two deal with freezing weather, marauders, lack of food, and little warmth. They find tins of food along the way as they carry all their belongings in a shopping cart, searching for that elusive coast on a taped together map.
McCarthy is a master of making the entire endeavor intense and foreboding as the two wander across the country side. There is a sense of dread throughout but the reader will root for the two to make it to their seaside paradise. The Road won several awards including The Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It was later made into a movie and is listed as one of the best books of the 21st Century by the New York Times.
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The Light Appears 