Clock Without Hands (Carson McCullers)

Carson McCullers
Clock Without Hands

Another compelling read by CC which flies pretty close to the wind in it's language and at times I did wonder what people would think if idly reading over my shoulder on the tube. She is John Steinbeck like in describing awful or pathetic, or both, characters with pathos. The main character in a way is someone dieing but all around worse is happening and he is just an outsider bystander who has a sad life only realising his realistic potential when it's too late. Or because it's too late. Like Steinbeck there are lots of characters intertwined without necessarily having a major impact on the plot. Or plots. Or is there a plot. A pathetic, in the older sense of the word, story that incites both pity and hatred in equal measures. At the same time. As complex a tale as I've read in so few pages. I'd like to read her biography...