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Suder: A Novel (Voices of the South) Paperback – April 1, 1999

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Craig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a terrible slump. He’s batting below .200 at the plate, and even worse in bed with his wife; and he secretly fears he’s inherited his mother’s insanity. Ordered to take a midseason rest, Suder instead takes his record of Charlie Parker’s “Ornithology,” his record player, and his new saxophone and flees, negotiating his way through madcap adventures and flashbacks to childhood (“If you folks believed more strongly in God, maybe you wouldn’t be colored”). Pursued by a raging dope dealer, saddled with a mishandled elephant and an abused little white girl, he manages in the end to fly free, both transcending and inspired by the pull of so much life.

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Percival Everett is the author of several novels, including Glyph, Frenzy, and God’s Country; two story collections; and a children’s book. Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he now lives in Moreno Valley, California. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and an accomplished painter.


“A mad work of comic genius, combining symbols and myths from ancients and moderns, white culture and black, juxtaposing heartbreaks with farce to make up a narrative that has never, never been told before.”―Carolyn See, Los Angeles Times Book Review


“[A] marvelous first novel.”―New York Times Book Review


“Very funny―sometimes excruciatingly so.”―Publishers Weekly


“Who could meld baseball and jazz with the most wistful male myth of all―the Icarus myth―remembering that Daedalus really did do it: He flew.”―Los Angeles Times Book Review

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ LSU Press (April 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807123870
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807123874
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
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PERCIVAL EVERETT is a Distinguished Professor of English at USC. His most recent books include Dr. No (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN/ Jean Stein Book Award), The Trees (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), Telephone (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), So Much Blue, Erasure, and I Am Not Sidney Poitier. He has received the NBCC Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award and The Windham Campbell Prize from Yale University. American Fiction, the feature film based on his novel Erasure, was released in 2023. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children.

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Journee
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2018
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I absolutely loved the book. We had to read it in my English 1101 class. It’s a great read!!
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Terri L. French
4.0 out of 5 stars crazy good
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024
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This book is one wild ride so hold on tight. I have never read anything like it before. I will read more of his work for sure.
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Kammbia
3.0 out of 5 stars A man's unconventional escape from his everyday life....
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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Percival Everett has quickly joined my favorite author’s list, which includes Octavia E. Butler, Jonathan Carroll, Charles de Lint, Guy Gavriel Kay, Haruki Murakami and Gene Wolfe. Having read multiple novels by these authors, I must say that Everett has ventured into similar status.

Suder is my third Everett novel following the excellent Erasure (now a movie as American Fiction) and the very good, So Much Blue. Everett’s blend of satire, absurdity, and poignant family drama has drawn me in as a reader. He has expanded the range of African American literature that is quite refreshing.

This is the story of Craig Suder, the third baseman of the Seattle Mariners. He is going through a serious hitting slump and his baseball career is in jeopardy. Additionally, he is experiencing difficulties with intimacy in his marriage to Thelma. Suder is going through the storm of life and leaves it all behind to travel to Oregon.

Along the way, someone gifts Suder with an elephant that becomes his pet, he inherits a nine-year-old girl who ran away from her abusive parents, and he is holding a large sum of cash for an acquaintance. Furthermore, he recalls his mentally ill mother and the way she deteriorated in front of him when he was young. On the surface, it does not seem like all these elements would coalesce into a story, but Everett pulls it off. I will admit that I wanted more of the connection between Suder and his wife and the relationship did not feel fully developed in the novel.

Suder, Percival Everett’s debut novel, establishes the foundation for his satirical and absurdist writing style, which is now receiving well-deserved finally recognition. I am delighted that Everett is getting his flowers. He has earned it. I have really enjoyed his work so far and am eager to read more of his oeuvre.
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Betsy Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Percival Everett's Early Genius Shines Bright
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017
If you’ve come from an insane family and have worried about going nuts, you must read this book.

Craig Suder is a baseball player on a bad streak. He tells his story, alternating from crazy present to crazy past, weaving a tale that gets more and more fantastical. For a while I wondered if he knew where he was going with it. He does.

This is my fifth Percival Everett book, and I simply can’t get enough. Copyrighted in 1983, Suder is early Everett. It is a bit less mature than the more recent works, but no less satisfying.
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L. Zirlin
3.0 out of 5 stars He improved greatly
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
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This is Everett’s first novel. I’ve read 4 or 5 others, later books, including Dr No and they are all better than this but perhaps 40 years ago it seemed like a good idea. The main problem is that Super is afraid he’s inherited insanity from his mother while in reality he is just stupid.
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senator jensen
5.0 out of 5 stars Male, United States seeks meaning
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2018
If you would all enjoy considering the male condition in the United States this book is entertaining, scary and weird. Wonderfully well-woven stuff into the music of baseball and strange disharmony.
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5.0 out of 5 stars YOU WILL LAUGH OUT LOUD WHILE READING THIS BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2000
This book has a main character, Craig, who's a professional baseball player who has hit a major slump in the major leagues and takes some time off. While soul searching and trying to maintain some semblance of sanity, Craig takes the reader through his abnormal childhood and reflects on the antics of his mother who was mentally insane. Although the ending leaves much to be desired, the content of the book will make you laugh, and say, "WHAT!" several times. Craig and his mother will stay with you long after you've finished this novel. The most memorable scene for me was the baseball game with the mother being an unofficial coach to Craig by showing him how to run the bases while wearing a full length mink coat. Happy reading.
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Paul Carr
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written,and compelling
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2022
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This book Well written, and compelling storytelling. It's also something's of a commentary on diversity in the USA. There's also a thread of tongue in cheek humour.
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