{"product_id":"9781035039272","title":"Suttree","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McCarthy, Cormac \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 April 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 576 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 34 | 386g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville. Suttree is a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road and Blood Meridian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Suttree contains a humour that is Faulknerian in its gentle wryness, and a freakish imaginative flair' – Times Literary Supplement1951. 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\u003cp\u003eConjuring James Joyce's Ulysses, 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\u003cp\u003e'Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear' – New York TimesPraise for Cormac McCarthy:‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'[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 Brokeback Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45024225001731,"sku":"9781035039272","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035039272_fb9e23f5-e0b2-45bd-a1aa-8fdd994e81cb.jpg?v=1731405021","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781035039272","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}