The Road
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Author:
McCarthy, Cormac
Narrator:
Degas, Rupert
Published:
Naxos AudioBooks 2008
Format:
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Edition:
Abridged
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The Road has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece. The novel paints a bleak vision of a post-apocalyptic America; a land where no hope remains. A man and his son walk alone towards the coast, and this is the moving story of their journey. The Road is an unflinching exploration of human behaviour-from ultimate destructiveness to extreme tenderness.

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Street Date:
12/1/2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9789629548704
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 4, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
670

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Cormac McCarthy. (2008). The Road. Abridged Naxos AudioBooks.

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Cormac McCarthy. 2008. The Road. Naxos AudioBooks.

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Cormac McCarthy, The Road. Naxos AudioBooks, 2008.

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Cormac McCarthy. The Road. Abridged Naxos AudioBooks, 2008.

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