The Road Links

Related Links on The Road

Cormac McCarthy Society - The official website of the Cormac McCarthy Society, which was founded in 1995 as a nonprofit educational organization.

The Road through Hell, Paved with Desperation - The September 2006 New York Times book review by Janet Maslin. Of the novel's conclusion she writes, "Mr. McCarthy’s final gesture here [is] an embrace of faith in the face of no hope whatsoever. Coming as it does after such intense moments of despondency, this faith is even more of a leap than it might be in a more forgiving story."

Left Behind - The October 2006 New York Times Sunday Book Review article on The Road, written by William Kennedy. He writes, "McCarthy has said that death is the major issue in the world and that writers who don’t address it are not serious. Death reaches very near totality in this novel.... But evil victorious is not this book’s theme. McCarthy changes the odds to favor the man and boy ..."

IMDB - The Road - Information on the 2009 film adaptation of The Road.

The Road (movie trailer) - The video trailer for the film adaptation of The Road.

The Road: Cormac McCarthy - The Random House Web page for Cormac McCarthy and The Road.

Cormac McCarthy Quotes - A collection of quotations from Cormac McCarthy's novels.

Wordie - Cormac McCarthy, The Road - A list of unusual vocabulary found in The Road compiled by readers at Wordie.org.

Readers' Guide to The Road - Information about Cormac McCarthy and The Road from Oprah Winfrey's book club website, including a suggested study guide for book clubs, a video clip of McCarthy's interview with Oprah Winfrey, and a discussion of the book's main themes.