Oprah Picks Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- A 2007 Book Sense Honor Book

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage) is the 57th pick of the Oprah Book Club. The announcement was made on the Oprah TV show and via the Oprah website on Wednesday, March 28.

A 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, The Road is about a father-and-son journey through a ravaged America.

Nominating The Road for the Book Sense Picks, Joe Foster of Maria's Bookshop in Durango, Colorado, said, "A nameless man and a young boy travel together in a post-apocalyptic world of dust and ash. With prose as sparse and bleak as this new world itself, McCarthy shows us the absolutes of humanity as the young boy struggles to maintain a sense of generosity and innocence in a world overrun by cannibals and thieves. McCarthy displays his genius once again."

McCarthy is the author of nine previous novels. Among his honors are a National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for 1992's All the Pretty Horses.