A review by girljames
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor

4.0

I didn't read all of the stories - the early ones especially were just nothing happening except people sitting around spewing hate speech. The second half is much more interesting. There's a semi-ironic, slightly detached narration style with just a hint of satire which reminds me of Helen DeWitt (high praise). So many of the characters are despicable, and not in a likeable way. It really gives you a flavor of that particular place and time (American South in the mid 20th C).