One of my '9 whilst I'm still 29' was to read the books chosen for me by each of my dinner party guests as the book they most believe I should read before I'm 30.
Book One - 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy
Richard wasn't kidding when he said this book was a bit depressing. A boy and his father walk across a post-apocalyptic America where most of civilisation have been wiped out, the sun can no longer be seen and all the landscape is covered in ash.
'The Road' is right up there amongst the darkest books I have ever read. It is, however, beautifully written, and its Pulitzer Prize is well deserved I believe.
And a plus side was that every time I looked up from the pages the world didn't seem so bad after all.
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