Wise BloodWise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty two year old caught in an unending struggle against his inborn, desperate fate. He falls under the spell of a "blind" street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen year old daughter, Sabbath Lily. In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non faith, and to prove himself a greater