Suttree

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Suttree is a darkly comic, richly detailed novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the drifting life of Cornelius Suttree along the Tennessee River in 1950s Knoxville.

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Label Occurrences
Suttree canonical 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Cormac McCarthy
containsElement black humor
social realism
containsMotif decay of urban underclass
river journey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist R. D. Scudellari
criticalReception cult classic
highly acclaimed by critics
followsCharacter Cornelius Suttree
followsInAuthorCareer Child of God
genre Southern Gothic
dark comedy
picaresque novel
hasISBN 9780394177617
hasSubgenre existential fiction
realist fiction
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTheme alienation
death
friendship
poverty
redemption
isStandaloneWork true
language English
literaryMovement postmodern American literature
literaryStyle lyrical prose
stream of consciousness elements
mainCharacterFullName Cornelius Suttree
narrativePerspective third-person
notableCharacter Gene Harrogate
pageCount approximately 471
partOfAuthorOeuvre Cormac McCarthy bibliography
precedesInAuthorCareer Blood Meridian
protagonistOccupation fisherman
protagonistResidence houseboat on the Tennessee River
publicationYear 1979
publisher Random House
settingFeature Knoxville waterfront shanty towns
Tennessee River
settingLocation Knoxville, Tennessee
settingTime 1950s
tone darkly comic
tragic

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Description of subject: Suttree is a darkly comic, richly detailed novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the drifting life of Cornelius Suttree along the Tennessee River in 1950s Knoxville.

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Cormac McCarthy notableWork Suttree
Child of God precedes Suttree
Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. notableWork Suttree
subject surface form: Cormac McCarthy