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This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River close by Knoxville. He stays at the edge of an outcast community inhabited by eccentrics, criminals and the poverty-stricken. Rising above the physical and human squalor around him, his detachment and wry humour enable him to survive dereliction and destitution with dignity. '"Suttree" contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor' - "Times Literary Supplement". '"Suttree" marks McCarthy's closest approach to autobiography and is probably the funniest and most unbearably sad of his books' - "Stanley Booth".
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“Suttree contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor.” —The Times Literary Supplement (London)
“All of McCarthy’s books present the reviewer with the same welcome difficulty. They are so good that one can hardly say how good they really are. . . . Suttree may be his magnum opus. Its protagonist, Cornelius Suttree, has forsaken his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat among the inhabitants of the demimonde along the banks of the Tennessee River. His associates are mostly criminals of one sort or another, and Suttree is, to say the least, estranged from what might be called normal society. But he is so involved with life (and it with him) that when in the end he takes his leave, the reader’s heart goes with him. Suttree is probably the funniest and most unbearably sad of McCarthy’s books . . . which seem to me unsurpassed in American literature.” —Stanley Booth
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By the author of Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses, Suttree 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.
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Suttree
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Random House, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394482131
ISBN 13: 9780394482132
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Stated first edition. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear. Light foxing on the edges, pages are clean. Seller Inventory # mon0003156065
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Suttree
Published by
Random House, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394482131
ISBN 13: 9780394482132
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. G/VG in mylar. A stated 1st edition/1st printing copy in good condition with a very good dj. Number line is as follows: 24689753 with "First Edition" underneath. There is some wear to the unclipped jacket ($12.95 price is intact). The covers are clean with some slight soil damage to the lower rear cover, and the edges are sharp. General shelf wear is evident. One closed tear on the lower front of the dj, and one chip (about 3/8" wide by 1/8" high) to the lower rear of the dj. Some random wear to jacket around the top edge. The binding is in very good condition. NO remainder mark, NOT ex. lib. Seller Inventory # 008760
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