Title: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Title Record # 1344412
Author: Flannery O'Connor
Date: 1953-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: drabblecast.org
Language: English
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Author: Flannery O'Connor
Date: 1953-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: drabblecast.org
Language: English
Note: A dark but non-speculative story of violence. First published in 1953 in the anthology The Avon Book of Modern Writing.
Synopsis: A grandmother sets out on a trip with her son and grandchildren. They are passing through the South where she grew up. She is a vain woman and talks constantly about how much finer life was in her childhood. They encounter a killer on the lam, the grandmother tells him that she recognizes him from the newspapers, and he decides to kill the,whole family.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | 1955-00-00 | Flannery O'Connor | Harcourt, Brace & Company | $3.50?$: US dollar |
251 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | 1992-10-00 | Flannery O'Connor | Harcourt Brace (HBJ Modern Classic) | 0-15-136504-0 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
252 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | David Diaz |  |
| Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural | 2000-09-00 | ed. Clint Willis | Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc. (Adrenaline) | 1-56025-277-4 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 381 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Annette Fournet | |
| Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural | 2001-10-00 | ed. Clint Willis | Mainstream Publishing (Adrenaline) | 1-84018-523-6 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 343 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Annette Fournet | |
| The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction | 2011-00-00 | ed. Ann Charters | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | 978-0-312-59624-8 |
xx+ 1168 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Helen Berggruen | |
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| American Gothic Short Stories | 2019-07-29 | ed. uncredited | Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) | 978-1-78755-295-1 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
480 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Drabblecast, #450 | 2021-08-24 | ed. Norm Sherman | The Drabblecast | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | |
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| A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | date unknown | Flannery O'Connor | Image Books | 0-385-06964-2 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
233 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Judith Leeds | |