Just started reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy today. I've only gotten about 35 pages or so into it so far, but I can tell its going to be beautifully negative. I also picked up The River Why, by Daniel Clark Duncan today to read next. I don't know much about it, but it's come highly reccomended from some friends, and I saw a rivew that described it as a cross between A River Runs Through It, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence. Which doesn't sound like a bad combo to me.