A review by cody240fc
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

4.0

McCarthy is funnier than I remember. It's been about a decade since I read his work so maybe I have just forgotten his sly humor. Don't get me wrong, though, this is still McCarthy and 'Suttree' is a depressing book. Perhaps the darkest of his that I have read. But you don't come to McCarthy to cheer yourself up; you come for a dose of hard truth and wonderful prose, and you get that in spades in 'Suttree'. There seems to be a camp of his fans who argue that this is his masterpiece. I don't agree. I am on team 'Blood Meridian' in that regard. I wouldn't recommend either to any newcomers though. Start with the more approachable works like 'The Road', 'The Border Trilogy' or 'No Country for Old Men'. Save the heavy hitters for last. Prepare to be wowed. Prepare to be discouraged.

What do you believe?
I believe that the last and the first suffer equally. Pari Passu.
Equally?
It is not alone in the dark of death that all souls are one soul.