Introduction / by Robert Giroux -- The geranium -- The barber -- Without -- The crop -- The turkey -- The train -- The peeler -- The heart of the park -- A stroke of good fortune -- Enoch and the gorilla -- A good man is hard to find -- A late encounter with the enemy -- The life you save may be your own -- The river -- A circle in the fire -- the displaced person -- A temple of the Holy Ghost -- The artificial nigger -- Good country people -- You can't be any poorer than dead -- Greenleaf -- A view of the woods -- The enduring chill -- The comforts of home -- Everything that rises must converge -- The Partidge Festival -- The lame shall enter first -- Why do the heathen rage? -- Revelation -- Parker's back -- Judgement day -- Notes.