Cornelius Suttree lives alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River, close by Knoxville, and at the edge of an outcast community of eccentrics, criminals and the poverty-stricken.
From the author of the acclaimed Border Trilogy, this is a compelling novel about a man who rises above the physical and human squalor around him, and whose detachment and wry humour enable him to survive dereliction and destitution with dignity.In-store early August. Cormac McCarthy is the author of ten acclaimed novels, most recently The Road. Among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
