The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

March 27, 2009 by
Filed under: Prize winning novel 

The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition)

Amazon.com Review
Best known for his Border Trilogy, hailed in the San Francisco Chronicle as “an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century,” Cormac McCarthy has written ten rich and often brutal novels, including the bestselling No Country for Old Men, and The Road. Profoundly dark, told in spare, searing prose, The Road is a post-apocalyptic masterpiece, one of the best books we’ve read this year, but in case you need a second (and expert) opinion, we asked Dennis Lehane, author of equally rich, occasionally bleak and brutal novels, to read it and give us his take. Read his glowing review below. –Daphne Durham Guest Reviewer: Dennis LehaneDennis Lehane, master of the hard-boiled thriller, generated a cult following with his series about private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, wowed readers with the intense and gut-wrenching Mystic River, blew fans all away with the mind-bending Shutter Island, and switches gears w (more…)

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2 Comments on The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

  1. Micha on Sat, 28th Mar 2009 5:27 pm

    2. The Road, For Contemporary Fiction
    The Road is a lot like bad tasting beer, at first it’s just horrible and you don’t want to have anything to do with it, but you drink it anyways and slowly but surely after a…

  2. Durand on Sat, 28th Mar 2009 5:27 pm

    3. 5.0 out of 5 stars
    McCarthy’s Apocalypse
    The plot is simplistic, yet haunting.
    The writing is straightforward, yet effective.
    The pacing is ponderous, yet suspenseful.

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