Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole
by Rene Pol Nevils, Deborah George Hardy
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Author: Deborah George Hardy, Rene Pol NevilsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04
ISBN: 0807130591
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
Finally, a background book on the life and death of the man and the author. I've heard many a story but all went unattributed. This book fills in very many details I did not know about Toole. A good many interviews were conducted and we owe the authors a deserved THANKS.
jim whalen
nyc
Summary of Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole
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scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his influencing mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs.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.Authors Books
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