John Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a big success. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected during his lifetime. After suffering from paranoia and depression due in part to these failures, he died by suicide at the age of 31.
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Fiction, Fiction, general, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American literature, Bildungsromans, Boys, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, humorous, general, Fictional Works [Publication Type], Hombres jóvenes, Humorous stories, Large type books, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Madres e hijos, Mothers and sons, Mothers and sons, fiction, New York Times reviewed, New orleans (la.), fiction, Novela, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8Places
Canal Street, D.H. Holmes, French Quarter, Italy, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Nashville, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), Prytania Theater, Southern States, Werlein's Music StorePeople
Angelo Mancuso, Aunt Mae, Burma Jones, Claude Robichaux, Clyde, Darlene, David, Dorian Greene, Dr. Talc, Frank, Frieda Club, George, Gus Levy, Ignatius J. Reilly, Irene Reilly, Jo Lynne, Lana Lee, Miss Annie, Miss Trixie, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Williams, Mrs. Levy, Myrna Minkoff, Santa BattagliaTime
1930s to early 1950sID Numbers
- OLID: OL585131A
- GoodReads: 3049
- ISNI: 0000000120282082
- IMDb: nm0867487
- Library of Congress Names: n79102341
- LibraryThing: toolejohnkennedy
- VIAF: 71398405
- Wikidata: Q313739
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q313739
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- John Kennedy TOOLE
- Kennedy Toole John
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