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Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole

by Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole

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The phenomenal success of John Kennedy Toole's comic masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, is now legendary, a story that has long beckoned a deeper exploration into the life, imagination, and demise of the writer responsible for one of American literature's most memorable characters -- Ignatius J. Reilly. In Ignatius Rising, René Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of Toole, drawing upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his influencing mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs. Frank yet sympathetic, Ignatius Rising deftly describes a life that is dark, tragic, bizarre, and amazing -- but luminous with the gift of laughter, a life not unlike those of Toole's beloved characters, now loved the world over.

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  • LSU Press Brand
  • Apr 1, 2005 Pub Date:
  • 0807130591 ISBN-10:
  • 9780807130599 ISBN-13:
  • 272.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 9 in * 0.6 in * 6 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: