Unlocking the 'prophetic vision' of Flannery O'Connor, the writer who swam in Thomism

Understanding the Hillybilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art

By Fr Damian Ference

Word on Fire, £20.00

Flannery O’Connor succumbed to lupus inherited from her father at the age of just 39 after defying prognoses of imminent death for seven years. Her demise in August 1964 spelled not only the tragic end of a young life but also the loss of a writer hailed ever since as the perhaps the finest and most gifted Catholic literary talent of 20^th century America.