The Malefactors Mauriac With its superb narrative arc

With its superb narrative arc and unflinching examination of the human heart

braced by healthy portions of biographical detail

would turn the entire Protestant Reformation

It pleased the almighty God to stake the salvation of man on the response of the virgin of Nazareth… When that answer was given

The Malefactors Mauriac With its superb narrative arcBy Caroline Gordon The Malefactors so perfectly captures the enervated carnality and marmoreal frigidity of the Lost Generation, and the ensuing need and the desire for meaning, that Flannery OConnor called it undoubtedly the most serious and successful fictional treatment of a conversion by an American writer to date. Tom and Vera Claiborne have settled at Blenckers Bridge with a motley assortment of friends, family, and literati. Despite life at