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Read the perfectly constructed, disturbing, darkly funny “Good Country People”

Read “A Late Encounter with the Enemy,” which features an interesting portrait of an addled 104-year-old, but didn’t quite come together as well as other stories in this collection.

Read the excellent “A Circle in the Fire”

Read “The Artificial N*****”, a searing portrait of how a self-righteous, racist grandfather poisons the mind and spirit of his grandson.

Read the fascinating “A Stroke of Good Fortune” and “A Temple of the Holy Ghost,” which demonstrated again O’Connor’s knack for bringing to life intriguingly wicked young people.

Read the fantastically titled “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” an impressively moody glimpse into the tortured psyche of a down on his luck man and the lives of two lonely women he meets.

Read the brutally shocking, indelibly detailed title story.