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Flannery O'Connor: Wise blood (2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. …

Review of 'Wise blood' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Absurd and darkly humorous, this book perfectly captures the madness of a culture steeped in religious dread, institutional racism, and general sociopathy in the post-WWII South. Rounding up from 4.5 stars.