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Dear editors of The Road--

Please turn your attention to page 35 of the first American edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The first sentence of the second paragraph reads as follows:

"They ate the little mushrooms together with the beans and drank tea and had tinned pears for their desert."

Really? I mean, I know an apocalypse has occurred, but I wasn't aware that that enables one to remake entire geographical features out of canned food products.

DESERT /= DESSERT! Were you guys all asleep that day? Did something about page 35 make you drowsy? What the hell?

And yeah, I know it's a little thing; I just really don't expect to find major typos in major works of literary fiction that I assume the author, proofreaders, editors, etc. have read more than once. It totally yanked me out of the story, guys!

I guess what I'm saying is, if you are having these problems, maybe you should consider hiring some different people. *coughmecough*

Because I, uh--I never make typos. Or at least I feel really ashamed when I do!

Please try to do better next time. I'm sure Mr. McCarthy would appreciate it, too.

Mildly appalled,

Trin

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Seriously, yo. Does anyone else feel, like, really shocked when they come across something that major in a published "literary" work? I mean, I get annoyed when I catch mistakes in some of the trashy sci-fi or fantasy I read, but I should not have to stop 35 pages into The Road to freak out about misspellings. Cannibals, maybe, but I haven't even gotten to them yet.

Alternately, I may just need a lot of therapy and, like, a course of dictionary deprivation.

ETA: Page 89:

"It's okay, he said. We just have to wait. But I think its okay."

You have it right, and then two sentences away, it's WRONG? JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE! You're totally harshing my post-apocalyptic buzz.