Cormac McCarthy’s first novel in more than a decade.‘[McCarthy] writers prose as clean as a bullet cutting through the air and constructs tales as compelling as any you will read’ – Telegraph
A SUNKEN JET. NINE PASSENGERS. A MISSING BODY.
The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God.
The novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include
All the Pretty Horses,
The Road, and
No Country for Old Men – the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.