"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. A father and his son undertake an epic journey across America to the coast. They battle marauders and cannibals to reach the ocean where they find an enclave of survivors and begin to rebuild society.
When asked about his inspiration, McCarthy said, "I thought that nuclear war would be the end of everything. My vision of Armageddon was incredibly bleak, the real thing was more like a walk in the park than the death of my imaginings."
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