A collection of all the short stories, novels, essays, and selected letters of one of the most unique and important writers in the Southern tradition. The collection that established O'Connor's reputation as one of the American masters of the short story. The volume contains the celebrated title story, a tale of the murderous fugitive The Misfit, as well as The Displaced Person and eight other 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.