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He falls under the spell of a blind street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Lily Sabbath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Hazel Motes founds The Church Without Christ but is still thwarted in his efforts to lose God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe meets Enoch Emery, a young man with wise blood, who leads him to a mummified holy child. 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Their complex humanity is revealed in apocalyptic moments of Gothic horror, absurdity, and violence that transform all who witness them—and us, too, as we realise that nothing in our moral universe is black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/em\u003e is the supreme tragicomic chronicler of these bodies and souls, her classic stories infused with the dazzling force of prophecy as one of the century's most visionary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383824924908,"sku":"9780571396337","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/28d5d94e5785d88b0656bcab7cff9161.jpg?v=1773437664"},{"product_id":"a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-and-other-stories-by-flannery-oconnor-9780358139560","title":"A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection of classic stories that established Flannery O'Connor's reputation as an American master of fiction—now with a new introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Lauren Groff.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1955, with the title story and others in this critical edition, Flannery O'Connor firmly laid claim to her place as one of the most original and provocative writers of her generation. 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