{"product_id":"suttree-by-cormac-mccarthy","title":"Suttree By Cormac McCarthy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 04\/04\/2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Fiction - Southern - Gothic - Classics - Literature - Novels - American - Literary Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuttree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Suttree marks McCarthy's closest approach to autobiography and is probably the funniest and most unbearably sad of his books' – Stanley Booth, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe True Adventures of the Rolling Stones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConjuring James Joyce's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear' –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Green Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the Dark Tower series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781035039272\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e576\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e131\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e36\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e398 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53280160317753,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91D51BM6CNL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778438143","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/suttree-by-cormac-mccarthy","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}