![]() ![]() Orleans, an eccentric medievalist, living at home with his mother, whom The novel tells the story of thirty year old Ignatius J. ![]() Went on to become a surprise best seller and won a posthumous, by 12 years, Get the book published, by the Louisiana State University Press, and it ![]() Such a supposition makes for an even better story. To get the book published may have been a contributing factor at least, Toole had committed suicide in 1969, and his frustration at his inability Great surprise, found the huge manuscript, which was presented to him onīadly smeared carbon paper, compulsively readable. He consented to read her dead son's "great" novel. Not familiar with the circumstances surrounding the book, Toole's mother, Of Dunces, to be an instance where this happened. I believe John Kennedy Toole's very funny, but badly flawed, Confederacy The background elements will effect how we judge the novel itself. There's always a danger, when the story of a book's publication or anĪuthor's biography is really compelling, that our natural fascination with Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting Know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in When a true genius appears in the world, you may ![]()
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