One of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century according to the New York Times. A classic post-apocalyptic work set in a burned America, where a father and his young son walk under a dark sky, slowly heading towards the coast. No idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The Road is a masterpiece of American literature by Cormac McCarthy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The landscape is devastated. Nothing moves except the ash on the wind. Cruel, unjust men lurk on the road. Trying to survive in this brave new world, the young boy and his protector have only one pistol to defend themselves. They must keep walking. In this relentless study of the best and worst of humanity, Cormac McCarthy dares to prophesy a future without hope, but in which, miraculously, this new family may find tenderness.

'The Road made me cry for days' – Emma Donoghue, author of Room and Haven. 'The most important environmental book ever written' – George Monbiot, author of Feral and Regenesis. With an introduction by John Banville, author of The Sea. Adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of contemporary literature.