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The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road , approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet

The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth's natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac McCarthy's bleakest and most prescient novels. Dedicated to his son, John Francis McCarthy, McCarthy's The Road is one of his most personal novels. Ranked 17th on The Guardian 's 100 Best Novels of the 21st century, it was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature, the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the Believer Award, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

This first official graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy's work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet, who ably transforms the world depicted by McCarthy's spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance. Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death, and the adaptation bears the approval of the McCarthy estate.

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Publishers Weekly Review

French cartoonist Larcenet (Ordinary Victories) captures the darkness and harsh beauty of McCarthy's novel in this elegiac adaptation. As in the original, an unnamed man and his son travel through a chilly postapocalyptic world where society and life itself seem to be disintegrating. They scavenge for supplies they can carry in an old shopping cart and avoid other people as much as possible, as their road is littered with marauders, cannibals, and thieves. "Are we still the good guys?" the boy repeatedly asks, but as the father's desperation deepens, he finds it harder to answer in the affirmative. Larcenet's tactile inks, gently tinted in sepia tones, lend the tale the feel of old photographs or woodcuts. He strips the dialogue down to the bare bones and tells the story through images: vast decayed landscapes, close-ups on weathered faces, and lingering shots of roadside corpses and now-meaningless billboard ads and product packaging. The back matter includes Larcenet's letter asking McCarthy for permission to adapt the novel, where he promises that he has "no other ambitions but to draw your words." His work bears this out, flawlessly evoking the tone of the original. It's a worthy companion to McCarthy's chilling classic. (Sept.)

Booklist Review

An unnamed father and his young son attempt to survive a postapocalyptic world in Larcenet's faithful graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy's The Road. The father continually affirms for the son that they are the "good guys," trying to avoid the "bad guys" as best they can. As they travel south with a shopping cart containing all their possessions and food, their survival is constantly jeopardized by their encounters with other people, lack of food, and adverse weather conditions. Most of the limited dialogue exists between the main characters. The dark and detailed artwork carries the heavy burden of showing how bleak the landscape has become, with deserted buildings and construction equipment; at times, it proves to be gruesome, littered with emaciated and dead bodies. Neutral tints appear mostly as light washes over a panel, with items of interest having more color treatment than others. Panels that contain a close perspective may make it difficult for readers to fully grasp what is happening due to the darkness and level of detail.

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Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) was a playwright and novelist hailed by many, including Stephen King and literary critic Harold Bloom, as one of the major American novelists of our time. McCarthy's multiple bestselling and award-winning works over the course of his 57-year career include The Orchard Keeper , Outer Dark , Child of God , Suttree , Blood Meridian , All the Pretty Horses , The Crossing , Cities of the Plain , No Country for Old Men , The Road , The Passenger , and Stella Maris . Many of his novels have been adapted into blockbuster films, including The Road . Manu Larcenet is a 29-year veteran of the comic book industry who has published work with Fluide Glacial , Spirou , and multiple books for the French publisher Dargaud. He is a founder of comic book publisher Les Rêveurs and has received multiple awards and nominations for his work in France, including the Best Comic Book Award at Angoulême in 2004, and the 2010 French Comics Library Prize for Best Comic Book.