Cormac McCarthy Enters the World of Oprah

Posted on March 28, 2007

Before today, Cormac McCarthy was best known as being the author of All the Pretty Horses, which became a popular film starring Billy Bob Thornton, Penelope Cruz and Matt Damon. But after today, he'll always be known as an Oprah Author. Yes, Oprah has chosen Cormac's book, The Road (Vintage Books), as her new Oprah's Book Club pick.

You can read more about Cormac's work at the official Cormac McCormack Society's website, CormacMcCarthy.com. You can read an interesting feature by Oprah.com which tells Cormac's life in books here.

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