![]() ![]() And finally, a writer who cherished the eccentricities and nuances of his native city, New Orleans. A straight-laced worrier by day and a back-street blues devotee at night. An impeccable and popular college teacher. A master of mimicry, and a conversationalist non-pareil. A soul tortured by conflicting feelings for his mother and about his sexual identity, and a fun-loving cut-up. Known variously as "Ken," "Tooley," and "John," Toole is revealed to have been many things: a coddled only child and an academic prodigy. This bio is based upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs. Toole, in despair, ended his life in 1967 after no publishing interest in his masterpiece "Confederacy of Dunces", which would go on to win a Pulitzer for satire in 1983. In Ignatius Rising, Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of John Kennedy Toole. Back endpaper clipped stamp at back endpaper. Small label at spine label at front endpaper: "West Orange Libary, NJ". Front and back flaps adhered to pastedowns. Dust wrapper, fine unclipped 24.95, protected in fine clear sleeve. Several revelatory photo-plates in two sections. Red cloth boards, red metallic spine titles, fine. Stated First Printing number-line beginning w/1. ![]()
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