Suttree (Paperback)

Cormac McCarthy

ISBN 10: 0679736328 / ISBN 13: 9780679736325

Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 1992

About this Item

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 therea brilliantly imagined collection of eccentrics, criminals, and squattershe rises above the physical and human squalor with detachment, humor, and dignity. Arguably the masterpiece of a novelist as highly praised and scarcely read as any living writer, the Vintage Contemporaries reprint of Suttree should help to bring McCarthy the readers to match his many awards and voluminous reviews. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780679736325

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Suttree (Paperback)
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679736328
• ISBN 13: 9780679736325
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.