The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullersOften cited as one of the great novels of twentieth century American fiction, Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the caf where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow