The Road

Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I realize there's nothing I can really say about this book that hasn't already been said, except that you really need to read it if you haven't already. As a piece of art and literature, it's pretty freaking brilliant, but more than that, it manages to be incredibly accessible while maintaining a level of prose that is still fairly difficult in terms of pure craft. Probably the reason why (well, Oprah certainly helps too) it has been so successful both critically and comercially. Oh, and it's being made into a movie as well, so you'll definitely want to catch the book before it comes out to avoid being the person who ends up reading the book when the movie's all popular. Not a mistake I'll make twice after Fight Club.