Anybody reading Cormac McCarthy's new novel "The Road"?

[Ex Lion Tamer]

A father and son wandering, trying to stay alive, after some apocalyptic event (appears to be a nuclear war).

Brutal. Terrifying.

It should be required reading. GWB and his ilk would be gone.

[villager]

1. I've been wanting to read this since I first read about it...

I guess I should just go ahead and get it (tho' in my defense, I'm trying to finish the also great "Octavian Nothing" by M.T. Anderson, and, ah, finish a book of my own...

[Orrex]

2. First I've heard of it

I found No Country for Old Men a bit unsatisfying, but I like McCarthy's style so much that it was still a pleasure to read.

Did The Road just come out? That seems like an unusually quick turnaround for McCarthy! I'll have to check it out ASAP!

[Ex Lion Tamer]

5. I felt the same about No Country For Old Men--

I liked it, but not as much as his previous books. But, hell, even when the story isn't great, his writing still amazes.

The Road came out last month, I think. I was also surprised at seeing a new book so quickly.

Be prepared: It's hellish. His writing is much more terse, but the themes are more devastating than anything he's written before. And yet there is a strange tenderness and beauty to it--you'll see what I mean.

Enjoy!

[MrCoffee]

3. i just checked my place in line at the library...162nd

i put in my request when i first heard about it.

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. I'm #215

But I'm still reading "The Places in Between", and next up is "It Can't Happen Here".