This novel's main characters enter a clearing and discover a dead baby roasting on a spit after spending a night with an old man who lies about his name being Ely.
This novel ends with an intricate description of a brook trout. In this novel, several pipe-wielding men lead a caravan of slaves and pregnant women followed by several catamites. This novel's main characters enter a clearing and discover a dead baby roasting on a spit after spending a night with an old man who lies about his name being Ely. In a flashback in this novel, an argument over a gun with only two (*) bullets leads a woman to walk off into the wilderness and kill herself with a piece of obsidian. In this novel, the man makes repeated references to "carrying the fire" to his son, who joins up with a mysterious family at the novel's end after the man dies of an infection. For 10 points, name this novel in which an unnamed father and son travel the title path through a post-apocalyptic landscape, written by Cormac McCarthy.
This novel ends with an intricate description of a brook trout.
The Road