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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-29-06 11:40 AM
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14. Check out "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
It's his latest book and it deals with some of the issues you are interested in.

He's a great writer, but I've got to warn you that this novel hits you with what appears to be unbelievable bleakness.

It's set in a time after an unspecified catastrophe has broken down the veneer of human civilization.

The main characters are a man and his young son.

The ethics and primacy of survival, what it means to be a human being, and our obligation towards the idea of a civilized society are the main themes it deals with.
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