The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Prose is excellent. The plot went over the top at one point and I had to put the book down for a few days. I think that she tackled a bit too much for 1 book - even a 357 page book. Very sophisticated subject matter for a 23-year old (McCullers) to have written. McCuller's young age shows in dealing with matters of sex, but otherwise paints some very realistic views of the world in the late 1930s.