Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

The author of Blood Meridian and No Country for Old Men tackles the same themes of good vs. evil through the vessel of a father-son relationship. As the pair traverse through post-apocalyptic America, rampant with cannibalism and violence, the dying father seeks to instill in his son an understanding of good guys and bad guys.

You make approximately a teaspoon of tears per hour.
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Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
Wilt Chamberlain is in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

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