Suttree

Suttree is a somewhat autobiographical novel by Cormac_McCarthy, written in 1979. Set in 1951 in Knoxville, Tennessee, its protagonist, Cornelius Suttree, has repudiated his former life of privilege to become a fisherman on the Tennessee River. The novel has been compared to James Joyce's Ulysses, John Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

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Cormac_McCarthy: Cormac McCarthy (born as Charles McCarthy, July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American novelist, author of nine Southern Gothic and Western novels. He lives in the Tesuque area of Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Jennifer Winkley and their son John....

Knoxville: REDIRECT Knoxville, Tennessee...

Tennessee: Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States....