Review: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O’Connor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a collection of essays and addresses mostly about fiction writing. This is the first writing of O’Connor’s I have read. She was intelligent and a good writer. Her wit was very dry but she definitely understood the craft she was about. There are helpful gems and insights scattered throughout. Being a collection, there are stronger and weaker essays. I think my favorite of the group is her essay on keeping peafowl.