Frank O'Connor at WorkAlthough Frank O'Connor's short stories have never lacked admirers, his painstaking creative method has received little critical attention. This book is the first full length study of that arduous process, sometimes lasting for a decade, from a skeletal idea or anecdote through a succession of revisions to wholly realized fiction. It includes much previously unknown and unpublished material, providing new insights into "First Confession," "Judas,"