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MCCARTHY CORMAC THE ROAD

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning
postapocalyptic classic  The Road   approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by
acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet    "Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s
postapocalyptic masterpiece. " (Kirkus)    The story of a nameless father and son trying to
survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth’s natural
resources have been diminished  and some survivors are left to raise others for meat  The Road
is one of Cormac McCarthy’s bleakest and most prescient novels.   Dedicated to his son  John
Francis McCarthy  McCarthy’s The Road is one of his most personal novels. Ranked 17th on The
Guardian ’s 100 Best Novels of the 21st century  it was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for
literature  and the James Tait Black Memorial Award  the Believer Award  and it was nominated
for the National Book Critics Circle Award.   This first official graphic novel adaptation of
McCarthy’s work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet  who ably
transforms the world depicted by McCarthy’s spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that
add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance.   Cormac
McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death  and the adaptation bears
the approval of the McCarthy estate.

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