Title: The Road to Nowhere
Product review: The first thing that struck me was McCarthy's gift for language. There was a poetry in his phrasing (a la Ursela LaGuin). It drew me right in. Unfortunaatly, that was where my pleasure as reader ended. The story is endlessly redundant -- like the author wanted to be sure the reader really got the point. The story line is predictable, and there is little, if any, character development.A novel should contain either strong character development or an engrossing story line (hopefully, both). This novel contained neither.It appears the author took a viable short story idea and attempted to flesh it out to a novel. Sadly, it didn't work. Unless you're a fan of beautiful languiag to the almost complete exclusion of good story and character values, I strongly recommend you pass up "The Road".
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