Introduction
Biographical sketch
The story behind the story
List of characters
Summary and analysis
Critical views: Todd Shy on The road, The book of Job, and questions about evil
Thomas A. Carlson on McCarthy's existential themes
Carl James Grindley on the novel's setting
Alex Hunt and Martin M. Jacobsen on the image of the sun
Barbara Bennett on the image of fire and references to Yeats's poetry
Shelly Rambo on the theme of redemption
Ashley Kunsa on style in The road
Thomas H. Schaub on allusion, style, and the theme of storytelling
John Jurgensen on the backstory to The road
Rune Graulund on the desert setting
Works by Cormac McCarthy
Annotated bibliography
Contributors.