The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass' Tennessee Williams 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 cafe where Singer eats