{"product_id":"mccarthy-cormac-suttree-2024-paperback","title":"McCarthy Cormac: Suttree [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville. \u003ci\u003eSuttree\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSuttree \u003c\/i\u003econtains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair' - \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1951. Cornelius Suttree lives alone, exiled on a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River. As we meet him, Suttree watches the police haul the body of a suicidal man from the water. Amongst the living, the river is home to hermits, sex workers, alcoholics - and a witch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConjuring James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, Suttree wanders the river with a detachment and wry humour, encountering a broad cast of humanity as he does - even as dereliction and destitution threaten the last of his remaining dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mccarthy, Cormac","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47751036141907,"sku":"9781035039272","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cormac-mccarthy-mccarthy-cormac-suttree-2024-paperback-9781035039272-57356082381139.jpg?v=1726939026","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/mccarthy-cormac-suttree-2024-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}