It has always felt strange that I have never read anything by Cormac McCarthy because he is systematically in the top 10 with The Road in the reading lists of books of all time.

Having finally read the book, I can confirm that The Road is haunting but great.

A father and son who remain unnamed trek through a country dominated by violent cannibalistic gangs looking for food after a disaster that has turned everything into ashes.

It is a desperate story that nevertheless ends hopeful.

I read that Cormac McCarthy is also the author of No Country For Old Men, a movie I did see.

Now I want to read more of his. Blood Meridian is at the ready.