"The first novelistic masterpiece about the global warming generation. *The Road* is an American classic that instantly made McCarthy a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature."
Andrew O'Hagan, BBC Radio 4
A father and son walk across the scorched earth of America. Nothing moves in the landscape of devastation and total destruction except ash blown by the wind. Their destination is the beach, though they have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The two have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves from bandits, the clothes they are wearing, a cart laden with scraps—and their lives.
"McCarthy conjures up from this difficult escape the miracle of unyielding humanity. The novel is incredibly moving and exciting."
Chris Cliffe, Sunday Times
"One of the most shocking and terrifying novels I've ever read, without ever abandoning its redemptive mission. "The Road" is an intensely intimate story, a warning of what's to come."
Christy Wark, Observer Books of the Year
"It's hard to ignore a work of such horrific beauty. *The Road* is a truly breathtaking novel."
Tom Gatti, The Times
"You will read on in a state of complete conviction, total fascination, and absolute excitement. Everything the modern novel can do is here."
Alan Warner, The Guardian
"A masterpiece that will soon be considered a great literary classic."
Herald
"McCarthy proves himself one of the greatest living American writers."
Times Literary Supplement