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The Commitator's passing, we're rebroadcasting one of my favorite episodes about one of my favorite books, The Road. Please enjoy.

Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast. Now, once a year, I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's become this cathartic annual ritual for me. What is it about this novel that has such an impact on my soul and those of other readers? Who is the man who wrote it? And what was he trying to do with the story of a father and son struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic landscape? For answers to these questions, I decided to talk to a foremost expert on McCarthy's work, as well as the literature of the American West in general. His name is Stephen Fry. He's a professor of English, a novelist in his own right, and the author and editor of several books about the reclusive, philosophical author, including Understanding Cormac McCarthy. We begin our conversation with some background of McCarthy and a discussion of his distinctive style and themes and why he boys the limelight and prefers to hang out with scientists over fellow artists. We then dive into the road, and Stephen Pax's what inspired it, as well as the authors and books that influenced it. We then dig into the big themes of the road and how it can be read as a biblical allegory that wrestles with the existence of God. We delve into the tension which exists between the father and son in the book and what it means to carry the fire. And we're in a conversation with why reading the road makes you feel both depressed and hopeful at the same time. And a spoiler alert here. If you haven't read the road yet, we do reveal some of the plot points in this discussion. Also, why haven't you read the road yet? Go out and pick up a copy today, read it.

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