Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. The grandmother suggests they change course in order to avoid \\\"The Misfit\\\", an escaped convict who\"s reportedly heading towards Florida....

Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor’s first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep South. There he begins a private battle against the religiosity of the community and in particular against Asa Hawkes, the ‘blind’ preacher, and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter....

For the first time, a career-spanning omnibus edition of the works of Frank O’Connor, the writer Yeats dubbed ‘Ireland’s Chekhov’. Edited and introduced by Julian Barnes, The Best of Frank O’Connor gives us a generous selection of the author’s oeuvre, intriguingly divided into eight thematic sections....

The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother\"s undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections....

Flannery O\"Connor, a unique and important figure in the Southern literary tradition, was one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. This volume, containing her two novels, short stories, essays and letters, is the only complete collection of her works....

Frank O\'Connor was a well-known short-story writer, critic and playwright with a profound knowledge of his country\'s language, literature and tradition....

Before she became a literary legend, she wanted to be a cartoonist....