Books by Flannery O'Connor
“It’s incredibly funny. It’s always billed as a ‘Southern Gothic’; that’s the label that gets slapped on it. Southern Gothic, to me, sounds like a book that must be dark and knotted and heavy, covered with Spanish moss and mist. But it’s not that at all. It’s bright and barbed and conversational and simple. But it is also nasty, and it is about serious things. It’s grotesque.” Read more...
The Best Historical Fiction Set in the American South
Xan Brooks, Novelist
Interviews where books by Flannery O'Connor were recommended
The Best Historical Fiction Set in the American South, recommended by Xan Brooks
The ‘Deep’ South is a complicated place with a complicated history. But that’s what makes it such an effective literary setting, says Xan Brooks—author of The Catchers, a story of Blues music and exploitation that unfolds in the Mississippi Delta. Here he recommends some of the best historical fiction set in the American South, including novels by Flannery O’Connor and Mark Twain.
