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Suttree

Cormac McCarthy

471 pages

About this book

Cornelius Suttree 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.

Themes
Dark & BroodingMelancholic & NostalgicThought-ProvokingWhat Does It All Mean?Who Am I?Rejection of inherited privilegeDignity amidst human squalorSanctuary in river margins
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