In this undated photo provided by Alfred A. Knopf, Cormac McCarthy, author of "The Road", is shown. McCarthy's "The Road," a bleak, apocalyptic novel, is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick, she ...

Cormac McCarthy’s grim Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic novel “The Road” was previously adapted for film in 2009, starring Viggo Mortensen and directed by John Hillcoat.

BURNETT: "The Road" is McCarthy's best-selling last novel, released in 2006, about a father and son's harrowing journey through a post-apocalyptic landscape. It won a Pulitzer.

McCarthy’s death inspired hundreds of people to share their impressions of him and his work. The death of the novelist Cormac McCarthy on Tuesday prompted an outpouring from readers, who shared ...