Wise Blood

A tale of a young man's desperate struggle against his own innate faith, Wise Blood follows the story of Hazel Motes as he falls under the spell of a blind preacher and his degenerate daughter. In a cynical move to prove himself a greater cynic than the preacher, Hazel founds The Church of God Without Christ, but is still unable to shake his belief in God. Along the way, he meets a young man with "wise blood" and together they explore themes of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, and wisdom. A classic of twentieth-century American fiction, Wise Blood offers one of the most riveting characters in literature.