Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor

If anyone understands, the South, it’s my gal Flannery. Her prose is weird, disturbing, and roaringly funny. My kind of stuff. This book, with the character of Lily Sabbath in particular, has been a big influence on my own writing.

Many people say this book is anti-religion, and I frankly find that laughable. Just because O’Connor recognized the horror and hilarity in Christianity doesn’t mean she was against it. Just the opposite, in fact: I would say she loved it enough to truly know it.