num_pages: 350
description: 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 café where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways they could never imagine.
language: English
title: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
titlecomplete: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
characters: Mick Kelly, Benedict Copeland, John Singer, Jake Blount, Biff Brannon, Spiros Antonapoulos
genres: Fiction, American, Coming Of Age, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 107646
publisher: Barrie & Jenkins