Finding Ourselves in Flannery's Freaks

O.E. Parker is constantly looking in the mirror. Vanity of vanities.

Parker is one of Flannery Oâ??Connorâ??s crazy misfits. A tough dropout who was captivated by the mystique of tattoo at the age of fourteen when he saw the tattooed man at the county fair. Having a tattoo made the poor idiot feel special, so whenever he was feeling down or lonely he got himself a new tattoo. After he joined the Navy, O.E. got a new tattoo in every port and finally he had no more space for a new tattoo except on his back.

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