I, John Kennedy Toole

Name: I, John Kennedy Toole
Brand: Pegasus Books

Pegasus Books

I, John Kennedy TooleA Novel\nAuthor(s): Kent Carroll, Jodee Blanco\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pegasus Books, United States\nImprint: Pegasus Books\nISBN-13: 9781643139487, 978-1643139487\nSynopsis\nA rich new novel that explores the true story ofA Confederacy Of Duncesand the remarkable life of its author, John Kennedy Toole.\n\nI, John Kennedy Tooleis the novelized true story of the funny, tragic, riveting narrative behind the making of an American masterpiece.\n\n The novel traces Tooles 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-winningA Confederacy of Dunces.\n\n The other fascinating (and mostly unknown) part of the story is how after a decade of rebuke and dismissal the ns