SoGoPro's Book Club . . .sort of

The book I am currently reading has not been individually mentioned as part of SoGoPro's Book Club, but the author of the book has been mentioned.

Cormac McCarthy, probably most famous for No Country for Old Men, has written many other works. The book I am reading is The Road. Apparently they are making it into a movie.

The Road is a tale of a father and son who are making their way across the country. The story is set in a postapocalyptic world. The earth has been burned and ash covers the ground. When it snows, the snow falls in gray particles. The most striking thing about the book is that the characters have no names; McCarthy simply refers to them as the man and the boy. Perhaps this is to make the reader apply the mannerisms to any individual. The characters could be anybody. So far the book is very good. The relationship between the man in the boy is very touching.

"They passed through the city at noon of the day following. He kept the pistol to hand on the folded tarp on top of the cart. He kept the boy close to his side. The city was mostly burned. No sign of life. Cars in the street caked with ash, everything covered in ash and dust. Fossil tracks in the dried sludge. A corpse in a doorway dried to leather. Grimacing at the day. He pulled the boy closer.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.

You forget some things, don't you?

Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."