"Cornelius Suttree gives up his blue-blood heritage to live among the "river people" in Knoxville, TN. Through variously bizarre and touching encounters, he seeks to find the essence of a person's dignity and self-worth independent of the privilege his family offers."
Sean O'Neil, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Suttree
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Culture clash?
- visiting a culture in other country
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- American South
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 (a tremendous amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
