A Suttree Serenade

Cormac McCarthy's 1979 novel about his hometown as it was, like it or not, around 1951, may be the most vividly Knoxvillian book ever printed. Recently it's honored in the name of a park and a popular downtown saloon, but on July 8, it will be celebrated with an outdoor festival at Lakeshore Park. Find out what it's all about, with a presentation that may be considered a virtual (and much shorter) version of the marathon pub crawl known as the Suttree Stagger.

[@murduk88]

Thank you for putting this together and posting. I just finished reading "Suttree" for the first time and coincidentally will be visiting friends in Knoxville later this year, so I'm excited to scout out some of Sut's stomping grounds.

[@user-xj3mt5uf2z]

So cool😎🎶🔥🕳️🐇

[@serotoninsyndrome]

"My life is ghastly", he told the grass.

[@Rhall20448]

Life sucks then you die

[@kevinogracia1615]

I always thought "Suttree" was a simplification of man's complexities.
A beautiful - and brutal - Huckleberry Finn epic.
"Blood Meridian" is killer too.
Peace on earth.

[@timchildress2048]

The Goat Man may have made it down to Georgia. I saw a photo on FB taken in Tucker, Georgia during the '60's or '70's. Had to have been him.