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I, John Kennedy Toole

- A Novel
Af: Jodee Blanco, Kent Carroll Engelsk Paperback

I, John Kennedy Toole

- A Novel
Af: Jodee Blanco, Kent Carroll Engelsk Paperback
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A rich new novel that explores the true story of A Confederacy Of Dunces and the remarkable life of its author, John Kennedy Toole.

I, John Kennedy Toole is the novelized true story of the funny, tragic, riveting narrative behind the making of an American masterpiece.

The novel traces Toole’s life in New Orleans through his adolescence, his stay at Columbia University in New York, his attempts to escape the burden of his demanding mother and his weak father, his retreat into a world of his own creation, and finally the invention of astonishing characters that came to living reality for both readers (and the author himself) in his prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces.

The other fascinating (and mostly unknown) part of the story is how after a decade of rebuke and dismissal the novel came to a brilliant author, Walker Percy, and a young publisher, Kent Carroll, who separately rescued the book, then published it with verve and devotion.

The novel that almost never came to be went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and continues to sell at a satisfying rate as it winds its way to the 2 million mark. That audience is the happy ending for this brilliant, unrepentant writer, whose only reward before his untimely death was his unending belief in his work and his characters.
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A rich new novel that explores the true story of A Confederacy Of Dunces and the remarkable life of its author, John Kennedy Toole.

I, John Kennedy Toole is the novelized true story of the funny, tragic, riveting narrative behind the making of an American masterpiece.

The novel traces Toole’s life in New Orleans through his adolescence, his stay at Columbia University in New York, his attempts to escape the burden of his demanding mother and his weak father, his retreat into a world of his own creation, and finally the invention of astonishing characters that came to living reality for both readers (and the author himself) in his prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces.

The other fascinating (and mostly unknown) part of the story is how after a decade of rebuke and dismissal the novel came to a brilliant author, Walker Percy, and a young publisher, Kent Carroll, who separately rescued the book, then published it with verve and devotion.

The novel that almost never came to be went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and continues to sell at a satisfying rate as it winds its way to the 2 million mark. That audience is the happy ending for this brilliant, unrepentant writer, whose only reward before his untimely death was his unending belief in his work and his characters.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781643139487
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1643139487
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 12 maj 2022
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Pegasus Books
Oplagsdato: 12 maj 2022
Forfatter(e): Jodee Blanco, Kent Carroll
Forfatter(e) Jodee Blanco, Kent Carroll

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781643139487

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 256

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 209mm

Højde 138mm

Udg. Dato 12 maj 2022

Oplagsdato 12 maj 2022

Forlag Pegasus Books