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Suttree
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From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River near Knoxville.
Remaining on the margins of the outcast community there—a brilliantly imagined collection of eccentrics, criminals, and squatters—he rises above the physical and human squalor with detachment, humor, and dignity.
Remaining on the margins of the outcast community there—a brilliantly imagined collection of eccentrics, criminals, and squatters—he rises above the physical and human squalor with detachment, humor, and dignity.
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“I’m not sure why I’ve never read this before but I’m glad I finally did. I think is some ways I liked it better having already read The Passenger than I would have otherwise. It’s almost always hard to characterize Cormac McCarthy’s books in brief. The plot is scattered and sometimes thin. The writing is achingly beautiful and sometimes gratingly ornate. The characters are dark and often unlikable. And the motivations of the protagonists are unstated but somehow present on every page.
Suttree is sort of a mirror universe version of Updike’s Rabbit Run, and to my taste an infinitely better book. Rather than obsessing over why and descending into childish conceit, Suttree’s protagonist simply is, and while we get enough background to know he has wronged his family, there is a sort of chivalric decency to him that operates on another masculine level. It’s a subtle characterization that I find myself swept up in. We root for him even though I’m not sure we ever understand him.
I also saw a fascinating contrast between a scene in this book and the final death scene in John William’s Stoner. I ended up reading these scenes side by side. These are two authors I admire so much tackling something similar in very distinct ways. And both seem to tap into something sub-verbal in their characters which I find powerful.
Anyway, this is a good book and I’m glad I finally got around to it.”
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About Cormac McCarthy
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. He died in 2023.
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