The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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The Road is about a father and son traveling through a post-apocalytpic America. It's pretty intense and also very good. Jon read it first and I think he ought to comment.

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  1. JackThursday, November 29, 2007 9:14:00 PM

    Oooh, that just made my Christmas list! All the Pretty Horses is one of my favorite books, and probably the only western I've ever read.

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  2. ErinFriday, November 30, 2007 12:34:00 AM

    The Road actually won the Pulitzer prize this year. I haven't read anything else by Cormac McCarthy. Seems like I tried to read All the Pretty Horses once upon a time, but it didn't grab me at the time.

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