A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Literary Fiction

Author: Flannery O’Connor

Alternate cover edition can be found here.,,A Good Man Is Hard to Find is Flannery O’Connor’s most famous and most discussed story. O’Connor herself singled it out by making it the title piece of her first collection and the story she most often chose for readings or talks to students.,,It is an unforgettable tale, both riveting and comic, of the confrontation of a family wi….Read More

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The Complete Stories

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Invisible Man

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Wise Blood

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