The Heart is a Lonely HunterSecond impression from 1951 in VG condition of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. The book is near fine, no markings, pages clean, binding firm, the jacket has wear to tip and tail of spine and some other minor wear, now in removable protective sleeve. About The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is the debut novel of American author Carson McCullers, who was 23 at the time of publication. It is a Southern Gothic novel about a deaf man named John