{"product_id":"the-road","title":"The Road","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe post-apocalyptic modern classic with an introduction by novelist John Banville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The landscape is destroyed, nothing moves save the ash on the wind and cruel, lawless men stalk the roadside, lying in wait. Attempting to survive in this brave new world, the young boy and his protector have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves. They must keep walking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e is an incandescent novel, the story of a remarkable and profoundly moving journey. In this unflinching study of the best and worst of humankind, Cormac McCarthy boldly divines a future without hope, but one in which, miraculously, this young family finds tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn exemplar of post-apocalyptic writing, \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e is a true modern classic, a masterful, moving and increasingly prescient novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition is part of the Picador Collection, a new list of the best in contemporary literature published in Picador's 50th Anniversary year. McCarthy's eagerly anticipated new novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Passenger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStella Maris\u003c\/em\u003e, will be published by Picador in October 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishing Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779688030444,"sku":"9781035003792","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035003792_cda3ad75-8cde-4a25-9212-f842edaa1994.jpg?v=1732845294","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-road","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}