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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. In desperation Hazel founds his own religion, ''The Church without Christ'', and this extraordinary narrative moves towards its savage and macabre resolution.

''A literary talent that has about it the uniqueness of greatness.'' Sunday Telegraph

''No other major American writer of our century has constructed a fictional world so energetically and forthrightly charged by religious investigation.'' The New Yorker

''A genius.'' New York Times

Wise Blood

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 28 February 2008
      ISBN-13 9780571241309
      978-0571241309
      ISBN-10 0571241301
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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. In desperation Hazel founds his own religion, ''The Church without Christ'', and this extraordinary narrative moves towards its savage and macabre resolution.

      ''A literary talent that has about it the uniqueness of greatness.'' Sunday Telegraph

      ''No other major American writer of our century has constructed a fictional world so energetically and forthrightly charged by religious investigation.'' The New Yorker

      ''A genius.'' New York Times

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