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This darkly comic and disturbing novel about religious beliefs was noted for its witty characterizations, ironic symbolism, and use of Southern dialect. Wise Blood centers on Hazel Motes, a discharged serviceman who abandons his fundamentalist faith to become a preacher of anti-religion in a Tennessee city, establishing the "Church Without Christ." Motes is a ludicrous and tragic hero who meets a collection of equally grotesque characters. One of his young followers, Enoch Emery, worships a museum mummy. Hoover Shoats is a competing evangelist who creates the "Holy Church of Christ Without Christ." Asa Hawks is an itinerant preacher who pretends to have blinded himself to show his faith in redemption.
 
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May 2008 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 1435283562Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 1-4352-8356-2 / 978-1-4352-8356-5
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March 1996 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0571179134Title: Wise Blood (Faber Library)
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-571-17913-4 / 978-0-571-17913-8 (UK edition)
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January 1968 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0571085857Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-571-08585-7 / 978-0-571-08585-9 (UK edition)
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1955 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B001821ABMTitle: Wise Blood
Author(s): O' Connor Flannery
Publisher: Neville Spearman
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1952 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000I2WNJ6Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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Paperback Editions

February 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0571241301Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-571-24130-1 / 978-0-571-24130-9 (UK edition)
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March 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0374530637Title: Wise Blood: A Novel
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-374-53063-7 / 978-0-374-53063-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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August 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0571116124Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-571-11612-4 / 978-0-571-11612-6 (UK edition)
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1996 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000HY3A8ITitle: WISE BLOOD
Author(s): FLANNERY O'CONNOR
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1989 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000V24CF6Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1988 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0018LUCB2Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1985 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B00135NTDQTitle: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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January 1984 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0374505845Title: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
ISBN: 0-374-50584-5 / 978-0-374-50584-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre / Fsg Adult
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July 1983 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0451517709Title: Three by Flannery O'Connor
Author(s): O'Connor Flannery
ISBN: 0-451-51770-9 / 978-0-451-51770-8 (USA edition)
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1980 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B0012KOOMMTitle: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1978 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000YJBQW8Title: WISE BLOOD
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1972 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000I93F2ITitle: Wise Blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1969 : Paperback
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1953 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000NN3NE4Title: Wise Blood
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1968 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0000CO41UTitle: Wise blood
Author(s): Flannery O'Connor
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1968 : Unknown
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1962 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0007EO5UATitle: Wise blood
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1955 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0006EOB6YTitle: WISE BLOOD
Author(s): Flannery O'CONNOR
Publisher: Neville Spearman
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1955 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B00179WFE2Title: Wise Blood. A novel
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1952 : Unknown
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