Article: Winfrey chooses 'The Road,' by reclusive author McCarthy; Talk-show star says TV interview will take place in the coming weeks

Before Wednesday, few could have imagined the names "Oprah Winfrey" and "Cormac McCarthy" appearing in the same sentence.

McCarthy, one of the country's most revered and press-shy authors - a man only slightly more accessible than J.D. Salinger - will give his first television interview, lured by the long arm of Winfrey, publishing's biggest hit-maker and a media superstar.

Winfrey announced Wednesday on her Chicago-based TV show that McCarthy's "The Road" was her new book club pick.

"Mr. McCarthy respects her work, admires what she has accomplished, has an awareness of her book club, and thought it would be interesting to participate in the conversation with Oprah,"

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