The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'Connor

by Jonathan Rogers

Book Overview

"Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics."

--Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor's work has been described as "profane, blasphemous, and outrageous." Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595550232
• ISBN13: 9781595550231
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"