Any other books with this tone? Doesn't have to be the exact same flavor (I doubt anything else has his nightmarish/surrealist sub-flavor anyway), but somewhere in that ballpark.I have already read Salter's 'A Sport and a pastime' which had a similar tone (melancholic eroticism?). But need other recs to satisfy the itch. Thanks.
>>24885560A Sport and a Pastime is great, but i haven't read Suttree beyond, just now, its wikipedia page.maybe pic related? Wise Blood? Jesus' Son by Denis Jonson? if i've figured out the vibe you're aiming at i'd personally suggest a trio of DH Lawrence novellas: The Fox, The Captain's Doll, The Ladybird.
>>24885560Shouldn't melancholic romanticism and melancholic eroticism be very different from each other?
>>24885790Eh, i am talking about tone. They are in a similar ballpark.
hill of dreams by machen
>>24885560BOM
>>24885560Pic attached might fit the bill. It's Burgess’s speculation about Shakespeare's long-term relationship with his "Dark Lady". Similar tone to Suttree — rich verbal texture undercut with a sense that happiness can never be anything but fleeting.
>>24885560Pic attached also worth a look. It's a wacky description of a day in a Welsh town full of eccentrics. The opening monologue is basically the template for the first two pages of Suttree. Overall it's broader and more comic but there's still the same underlying wistfulness (most notably, Captain Cat mourning Rosie Probert).
