Title: More than the best of 2006
Product review: To those who think this book is a re-hash, well, there is, truly, nothing new under the sun. What literature is not a re-telling of earlier stories? As readers, we like what we like. I haven't read anything else of McCarthy's, but The Road is a fine allegory. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes having the familiar made strange and the strange made familiar. It raises issues that need to be considered: if there is no god, what is our motivation for being good?; if there is a god, why does he permit such suffering?; what would I do in such a setting?; am I a good person just because I can be good without jeopardizing my life or the life of someone dear to me? I'm on my third reading since having first read it about ten days ago, and I'm still finding things to think about.
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