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peekaloo

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17. It's been a few years since I've read her.

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 01:52 PM

Sep 2018

and my books aren't handy but a couple of stories that I recall are, 'Good Country People' about a con man posing as a Bible salesman that totally humiliates a woman with a prosthetic leg who believes she so much better and smarter than everyone else.

'A Good Man is Hard to Find' another con man who commiserates with a family about the sad state of the world only to be their undoing.

O' Connor did not shy away from racial epithets but it was an honest adaptation of her characters and their life/(limited)world views.

There was always a religious element to her story telling and it resonated with me due to my southern upbringing.

I also read Faulkner but was more drawn to Ms. O'Connor as she had a brutal sense of humor.

p.s. *trivia* In the film 'Barton Fink' the drunk author played by John Mahoney who dabbles in writing wrestling movies is modeled on William Faulkner's later years.

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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying [View all] lunatica Sep 2018 OP

Yes, and also desperate and tragic. Faulkner tried to write from the inside. nolabear Sep 2018 #1

Thanks for the recommendations. lunatica Sep 2018 #6

I am ordering her book after reading reviews on it lunatica Sep 2018 #12

The place she grew up black is where I grew up white. nolabear Sep 2018 #13

I will lunatica Sep 2018 #15

That's pretty much where I am. nolabear Sep 2018 #18

On a far funnier note, there's a hotel in Jackson MS nolabear Sep 2018 #2

Or you could have slept under Pylon and flown off to sleep quickly ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #7

Faulkner insights or race, class and gender are still needed and useful. greatlaurel Sep 2018 #3

I'm often reminded of Faulkner's works, especially the Snopes family. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #4

Thank you for this lunatica Sep 2018 #5

I was mainly woolgathering in type. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #10

You put it beautifully. nolabear Sep 2018 #9

Thank you. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #11

I never really thought of it that way ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8

Another great southern writer also comes to mind when I see his peekaloo Sep 2018 #14

Do you mind giving it a little review? lunatica Sep 2018 #16

It's been a few years since I've read her. peekaloo Sep 2018 #17

Thanks! lunatica Sep 2018 #19

I forgot to mention she wrote short stories. peekaloo Sep 2018 #20