SOURCE: "Suttree and Suicide," in Southern Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1, Fall, 1990, pp. 71-83.
In the following essay, Shelton comments upon the existential themes within Suttree, and focuses on the protagonist of the same name. Shelton provides an overview of the novel, and discusses the Myth of Sisyphus, suicide, and other topics in his treatment.
