A Frank O''Connor Reader
Frank O''Connor
O''Connor loved to transform the facts of a heard anecdote, the characters, personalities, and situation, remolding them into forms that would stimulate creation; thus, the little boy in this 1 956 story (Larry Delaney of Cork) was, in real life, Harriet Sheehy''s cousin''s wife ("Listening to Frank O''Connor," 151). As much of his fiction focuses on "what the neighbors think," this story contains a reversal of expectations when the anticipated forbidden spectacle turns out surprisingly. It is private ...