October Novel: The Road

When making my list of books to read for the year, I chose The Road by Cormac McCarthy as my October book because I thought that based on the creepy-looking trailer for the 2009 film version starring Viggo Mortensen it would be appropriate for Halloween.

I finished the book last night, and yes, it is creepy. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the there have been widespread fires throughout the United States, where all of the animals and birds are gone, plants don't seem to be growing, and everything is cold and dark. Much like in the film The Book of Eli, there are hordes of marauders looking for trouble. Most citizens died of starvation or tying to flee the fires, their abandoned corpses litter the highway like broken down cars. People have resorted to cannibalism, starting with the children. It's disturbing on a lot of levels.

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