A few thoughts on what caused the end of the world in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

The scenes from The Volcano That Stopped Britain closely resemble Hillcoat’s imagined landscape of a post-apocalyptic America where all plant and animal life are virtually extinct and man ekes out an existence amongst the detritus. The series of ‘low percussions’ the Man reportedly hears in the opening pages of the novel sound very similar to the noises the Channel 4 documentary team capture as they record the pressure waves and volcanic bombs of Eyjafjallajökull Continue reading →