The Road is a heart-wrenching post-apocalypse story of an unnamed father and his young son. For this work, Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2007. It was also selected by Oprah for her book club.

At this juncture, I would like to quote Daily Express: “A daunting, unsettling book that ideally should be read at one sitting, as long as you are prepared to bear the brunt of its full impact. [...]” And in one sitting did I finish the book. I’m still feeling its impact: haunting, gripping, sad. It makes me wonder if the world would really—one day—come to this devastating end. And when it does, will I have the willpower to survive […]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy is fast-paced with lots of guns, bullets and blood everywhere... It’s a man’s novel. And it can be disturbing too (but I can handle that).

Them grammar dont exist here. It’s a style you just have to get used to when reading this novel. It is mainly dialogue throughout. There’s not much indication of who said what but if you follow closely, you’d know. […]