Wise Blood – Flannery O’Connor

As is perhaps becoming apparent, I am largely indebted for my reading choices to the blogs and comments of others. Wise Blood is no exception. Richard’s review, unfortunately no longer available, was an excellent advocate for the book (and he may at some point have suggested a shared quality with the works of Cormac McCarthy. Which would always be a strong incentive for me.)

In the dysfuntional, dislocated characters; the grim environs; religious preoccupation; even the terse (if punctuated) dialogue; I found McCarthy, and consequently liked this book very much.