McCarthy's work has even made it to the big screen. In a 2003 article, the big-time (and highly picky) critic Harold Bloom called Blood Meridian "worthy of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick" and named McCarthy one of the great living American novelists ( source).
He's been writing a string of well-received novels since the 1960s, including Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and No Country for Old Men. Was McCarthy just twiddling his thumbs before The Road? Not exactly.
It's impossible to say for sure whether any novel will become an American classic, but The Road seems like a good bet. Literary critics have lavished praise on the novel, and Oprah Winfrey (yes, the Oprah) even interviewed Cormac McCarthy for her show. Not only did The Road – a book about and a father and son traversing a post-apocalyptic landscape – win Cormac McCarthy the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but The Times named it the best book of the decade. Either way, you're in for a treat with The Road.
Or maybe you've read some of Cormac McCarthy's novels before. Maybe you stumbled upon The Road because you're into the post-apocalyptic scene – you have a soft spot for Mad Max and Terminator movies, or found yourself enjoying Children of Men, 28 Days Later, and The Book of Eli. Want more deets? We've also got a complete Online Course about The Road, with three weeks worth of readings and activities to make sure you know your stuff. The-road-where-the-walking-dead-go-on-vacation
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