{"product_id":"suttree-1","title":"Suttree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this semi-autobiographical work, a man abandons his life of privilege to live among eccentrics, criminals and the impoverished of Knoxville. \u003ci\u003eSuttree\u003c\/i\u003e is a humorous, compelling tapestry of life on the edge from Cormac McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eThe True Adventures of the Rolling Stones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConjuring James Joyce's \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Suttree is like a good, long scream in the ear' – \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009350979928,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035039272.jpg?v=1776920412","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/suttree-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}