| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
vi, 248 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"A novel based on a true story"--Cover. |
| Summary |
The novel traces Toole's life in New Orleans through his adolescence, his stay at Columbia University in New York, his attempts to escape the burden of his demanding mother and his weak father, his retreat into a world of his own creation, and finally the invention of astonishing characters that came to living reality for both readers (and the author himself) in his prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces. |
| Subject |
Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969. Confederacy of dunces -- Fiction.
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Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969 -- Biography -- Fiction.
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Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Fiction.
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Authors -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Blanco, Jodee, 1964- author.
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| ISBN |
9781643131931 (hardcover) |
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1643131931 (hardcover) |
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