A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Flannery O'Connor · 1925–1964 · USA

Why it matters

A family's Georgia vacation takes a wrong turn onto a dirt road and into the path of an escaped convict called The Misfit. The title story of the fiercest collection in American literature: comedy and theology sharing one trigger.

At a glance

Sudden violence and theological irony demand alertness beneath plain Southern speech.