Death, sickness, deformity, depravity, christianity, humor, and love coexist comfortably in all of O'Connor's stories and in the South. Don't miss "A Good Man is Hard to Find," "Greenleafe," or "Everything that Rises Must Converge."
At once an engrossing murder mystery and an unflinching potrait of racila injustice in the Reconstruction South, Intruder in the Dust stands out as a true classic of Southern literature.
Ignatius J. Reilly, a grossly overweight medieval scholar who lives with his mother, is forced to seek employment when she can no longer tolerate his laziness. His disdainful encounters with the modern culture of New Orleans, his habitual misunderstanding of its inhabitants and his often hypocritical efforts at scholarly success make him one of the most memorable comic characters of modern literature.