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The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Hardcover – Sept. 17 2024

by Cormac McCarthy (Author), Manu Larcenet (Illustrator)
4.8 out of 5 stars 419 ratings
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The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road, approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet. Named a "must-read graphic novel" by 鶹.

"Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s postapocalyptic masterpiece." (Kirkus)

The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth’s natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac McCarthy’s bleakest and most prescient novels.

Dedicated to his son, John Francis McCarthy, McCarthy’s The Road is one of his most personal novels. Ranked 17th on The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of the 21st century, it was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature, and the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the Believer Award, and it was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

This first official graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy’s work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet, who ably transforms the world depicted by McCarthy’s spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance.

Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death, and the adaptation bears the approval of the McCarthy estate. Among other accolades,
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  1. ISBN-10
    1419776770
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  3. Publisher
    Harry N. Abrams
  4. Publication date
    Sept. 17 2024
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    21.97 x 2.54 x 26.8 cm
  7. Print length
    160 pages
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Cormac McCathy's The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
The pulitzer prize-winning haunting tale of family love and human perseverance
Brought to life in an astoundingly beautiful graphic novel adaptation illustrated by Manu Larcenet
Spread from The Road
Every step echoes the resilience of the human spirit

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“The graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a stunning narrative accomplishment; visually austere, dark, and beautifully human. Sheer perfection.ŨĕBill Sienkiewicz, Eisner Hall of Fame artist

"Larcenet’s drawings go beyond anything Hollywood could ever bring to the screen, showing the true sadness and depravity of The Road."―Jake Kleinman, Inverse

"Hitting stores Sept. 17, the new tome hails from French cartoonist Manu Larcenet and Abrams ComicArts, and it is just as breathtaking, evocative, and bleak as its source material. The art gorgeously captures the details of what’s left in a barren America"―Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter

"To celebrate the 18th anniversary of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Abrams ComicArts has teamed up with French cartoonist Manu Larcenet to adapt the Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic story into a new graphic novel—and wow is it a stunning work of art."―Thom Dunn, Bong Boing

"The pair’s journey facing off against cannibals, thieves, and the never-ending road before them has never looked bleaker or more beautiful."―Jack Doyle, The Mary Sue

"The story is bleak, and the artist Manu Larcenet conveys it with spare dialogue and swaths of blacks and grays. When color bursts in, it is usually to signify new danger." Recommended as an Illustrated Treat for Hungry Fans.―New York Times

"One of the most frightening and beautiful comics you will read this year.ŨĕGames Radar

"...flawlessly capturing the tone of of the original. It’s a worthy companion to McCarthy’s chilling classic."―Publishers Weekly

“The original novel’s minimalist prose makes it a striking fit for the graphic novel world, with artwork taking the lead in telling playwright and novelist McCarthy’s tale.ŨĕThe Wrap

"ᲹܲԳپԲ."―IGN

“Stellar…. Larcenet uses the comic medium to his advantage in order to truly capture the unrelenting despair of McCarthy's work. Manu Larcenet's graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy's unforgettable book has managed to encapsulate the emotional gravity of The Road in a way that will be mesmerizing for fans of the original.ŨĕScreenrant

“A graphic novel worthy of the original… [A] visually stunning interpretation…faithful to the book in every detail.ŨĕMilitary.com

"󲹲ԲپԲ."―Comic Book Club Live

“The detail on display is staggering, and Manu captures every texture, wrinkle, rip and weathering of cloth and skin. The grit, grime and blood are palpable to such a degree I could almost smell the stench and rot, and felt like coughing from the ash…. truly a work of art. A recommended addition to anyone’s collection that likes the more contemplative post-apocalyptic tales.ŨĕMacabre Daily

“The illustrations are beautiful in their depictions of a grim apocalypse. Even a simple box of aspirin conveys loneliness and desperation. The dialogue is sparse and terse and heartfelt between father and son. Ridiculously thoughtful and dramatic art throughout, Larcenet favors the dark grays and blacks that depict a post-apocalyptic world, but it is the bright whites, in your face and stark in a sea of despair that jump out at the reader. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet is a stellar adaptation of McCarthy’s brilliantly bleak novel.ŨĕCinema Sentries

“French cartoonist Manu Larcenet brings McCarthy’s dark epic to life with detailed linework and stark black-and-white imagery. Larcenet’s drawings go beyond anything Hollywood could ever bring to the screen, showing the true sadness and depravity of The Road.ŨĕInverse

"Superb. A suitably dark graphic treatment of McCarthy’s postapocalyptic masterpiece."―Kirkus Reviews

"...simply outstanding… A stunning and wonderful adaptation that captures the heart-wrenching story told by Cormac McCarthy..."―Capes and Tights

"One of the best releases this year."―Graphic Policy

“Manu Larcenet has done an outstanding job of creating imagery that highlights the enormous strain and drama this pair experiences through his silent yet very potent illustrations.ŨĕGeek Dad

“Cormac McCarthy’s prose in his post-apocalyptic novel The Road feels almost tailor-made for the comics medium. Manu Larcenet takes the original author’s vivid descriptions of a burned world and paints them to life with tremendous detail and careful consideration.ŨĕMonkeys Fighting Robots

“A perfect example of how sequential art can elevate an already profound narrative… His adaptation is nothing short of stunning, perfectly capturing the bleakness and emotional depth of McCarthy’s original novel.ŨĕComic Drops

“There are all kinds of reasons why this adaptation need not exist…And yet, as one goes through French artist Manu Larcenet’s bleak yet powerful panels, this argument starts to render itself obsolete. The book comes alive again, plunging the reader into a post-apocalyptic world that seems more plausible than ever in our time of genocide, extreme rainfall, and super storms. … What Larcenet does is what all political art is meant to — draw attention to the message by using a given medium as effectively as possible.ŨĕBroken Frontier

"It’s a must for any graphic novel fan and especially anyone who loves McCarthy’s work.ŨĕCinema Sentries

About the Author

Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) was a playwright and novelist hailed by many, including Stephen King and literary critic Harold Bloom, as one of the major American novelists of our time. McCarthy’s multiple bestselling and award-winning works over the course of his 57-year career include The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men, The Road, The Passenger, and Stella Maris. Many of his novels have been adapted into blockbuster films, including The Road. Manu Larcenet is a 29-year veteran of the comic book industry who has published work with Fluide Glacial, Spirou, and multiple books for the French publisher Dargaud. He is a founder of comic book publisher Les Rêveurs and has received multiple awards and nominations for his work in France, including the Best Comic Book Award at Angoulême in 2004, and the 2010 French Comics Library Prize for Best Comic Book.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Sept. 17 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1419776770
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1419776779
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 907 g
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.97 x 2.54 x 26.8 cm
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • 鶹 Rank: #67,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 419 ratings

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Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island. He later went to Chicago, where he worked as an auto mechanic while writing his first novel, The Orchard Keeper. The Orchard Keeper was published by Random House in 1965; McCarthy's editor there was Albert Erskine, William Faulkner's long-time editor. Before publication, McCarthy received a travelling fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which he used to travel to Ireland. In 1966 he also received the Rockefeller Foundation Grant, with which he continued to tour Europe, settling on the island of Ibiza. Here, McCarthy completed revisions of his next novel, Outer Dark. In 1967, McCarthy returned to the United States, moving to Tennessee. Outer Dark was published in 1968, and McCarthy received the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Writing in 1969. His next novel, Child of God, was published in 1973. From 1974 to 1975, McCarthy worked on the screenplay for a PBS film called The Gardener's Son, which premiered in 1977. A revised version of the screenplay was later published by Ecco Press. In the late 1970s, McCarthy moved to Texas, and in 1979 published his fourth novel, Suttree, a book that had occupied his writing life on and off for twenty years. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981, and published his fifth novel, Blood Meridian, in 1985. All the Pretty Horses, the first volume of The Border Trilogy, was published in 1992. It won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was later turned into a feature film. The Stonemason, a play that McCarthy had written in the mid-1970s and subsequently revised, was published by Ecco Press in 1994. Soon thereafter, the second volume of The Border Trilogy, The Crossing, was published with the third volume, Cities of the Plain, following in 1998. McCarthy's next novel, No Country for Old Men, was published in 2005. This was followed in 2006 by a novel in dramatic form, The Sunset Limited, originally performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. McCarthy's most recent novel, The Road, was published in 2006 and won the Pulitzer Prize.

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  • Gizmo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Adaptation of the Movie
    Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2025
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    Art work is exceptional. Easy story to follow.
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  • R. Freeman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Art and Storytelling
    Reviewed in Canada on October 2, 2024
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    As a big fan of the book and (sorta) the movie, I eagerly picked up the graphic novel when it was realeased.

    Did not disappoint!

    The artwork perfectly captures the mood, atmosphere and emotion of the book - dark, shattered, painful yet flecked with hope, determination and grace.

    While some elements of the story were left out (of course, limited space) it took nothing from the retelling of this monumental and moving story. A+ to the artist.
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  • Stephen Mcrobbie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing graphic novel
    Reviewed in Canada on November 1, 2024
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    Great quality and love the style, this is a good addition to the regular book and the movie version
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  • Eugene Miles
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great interpretation of the Novel
    Reviewed in Canada on September 24, 2024
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    A dark subject deserves a similar treatment; I like graphic novels and this is a good one.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Blew me away
    Reviewed in Canada on September 18, 2024
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    The art, the visceral story telling, you must have this.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifique
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    I never do this but upset enough this time. Been a member for a long time and 鶹 product are becoming sub-par. When I received this graphic novel all the pages where rippled from either water or heat damaged. This isn’t the first time I received sub-par graphic novel. Will never buy one from 鶹 again. They have no quality control it seems. A book retailer would never sell such a bad quality book like this. So why does 鶹?
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  • Hormandi V.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gran adaptación a un medio tan hermoso y expresivo como lo es el cómic/ novela gráfica.
    Reviewed in Mexico on December 7, 2024
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    Vengo de ya haber leído la obra en su formato original, de ver la adaptación en película, ya sabía a lo que venía y lo que probablemente vería, sin embargo la manera en que el arte en conjunto de la manera de guionizar de Manu Larcenet te mantiene inmerso es increíble y como siempre esta historia tan visceral me deja un corazón roto con esperanza.
    No soy de escribir reseñas pero simplemente no podía negarme a hacerle una pequeña a esta gran obra, recomendada a mil por ciento.
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    Gran adaptación a un medio tan hermoso y expresivo como lo es el cómic/ novela gráfica.

    Reviewed in Mexico on December 7, 2024
    Vengo de ya haber leído la obra en su formato original, de ver la adaptación en película, ya sabía a lo que venía y lo que probablemente vería, sin embargo la manera en que el arte en conjunto de la manera de guionizar de Manu Larcenet te mantiene inmerso es increíble y como siempre esta historia tan visceral me deja un corazón roto con esperanza.
    No soy de escribir reseñas pero simplemente no podía negarme a hacerle una pequeña a esta gran obra, recomendada a mil por ciento.
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  • jak
    5.0 out of 5 stars does the story justice
    Reviewed in Australia on March 27, 2025
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    art really sets the mood of the story...fantastic!
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  • souradeep Sinha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awestruck
    Reviewed in India on January 1, 2025
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    I am speechless. The story, and the artworks are amazing. Its very dark tell of a father and son, in a post apocalyptic world. One of the best graphic novel I have read !
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    Reviewed in India on January 1, 2025
    I am speechless. The story, and the artworks are amazing. Its very dark tell of a father and son, in a post apocalyptic world. One of the best graphic novel I have read !
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  • Alexander Amitrano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Art, Great read!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025
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    I read a lot. This book is a top shelf book. I got lost in the art and story. The read was so fluid it felt like I was watching a movie. And the accurate ending was great.
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  • Almin Jabandzic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
    Reviewed in Germany on July 15, 2025
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    Great book and nice illustration
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