A Good Man is Hard to Find

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Published in 1955, the subject of the short stories range from serial killers (“A Good Man is Hard to Find”) to baptism (“The River”) to exploitation and human greed ("The Life You Save May Be Your Own"). The majority of the stories include jarring violent scenes that make the characters undergo a spiritual change.

This collection contains the following stories:

* "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

* "The River"

* "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"

* "A Stroke of Good Fortune"

* "A Temple of the Holy Ghost"

* "The Artificial Nigger"

* "A Circle in the Fire"

* "A Late Encounter with the Enemy"

* "Good Country People"

* "The Displaced Person"