I already kicked off the week with a post on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's short novel which I just wrapped up. After finishing the novel I have very little add except to implore you to take the time to read it, especially as it will only require one sitting. That one sitting would be enhanced with a hot, muggy day, a rocking chair on the porch, and a tall, sweaty glass of iced tea (or something stronger).
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I had a very eerie sense of deja-vu as I dug into the first few chapters of Wise Blood, and I finally realized that I had read them before, or at least slightly different versions of them, in The Collected Stories of Flannery O'Connor, which I read last summer. Those familiar with her short stories will recognize 'The Train' and 'The Peeler' as the first two chapters of the book. It was really creeping my out until I realized why the chapter were so familiar, and then the book continued to creep me out as I delved into the new material. It is just a creepy book.
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