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November 5th is traditionally the time to consider the death of the head of state here, although we’re actually “celebrating” the destruction of the would-be assassins not the near-death of the king. Few people will weep for the wretched Saddam Hussein; how many would would weep for Chimpy these days if the headlines were reversed?

The road to hell
Cormac McCarthy’s vision of a post-apocalyptic America in The Road is terrifying, but also beautiful and tender, says Alan Warner.
Saturday, November 4, 2006
The Guardian
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
256pp, Picador, £16.99
Shorn of history and context, Cormac McCarthy’s other nine novels could be cast as rungs, with The Road as a pinnacle. This [...]