Ken & Thelma: The Story Of A Confederacy Of Dunces - Couverture rigide

Fletcher, Joel

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ISBN 10 : 1589802969 ISBN 13 : 9781589802964

Editeur : Pelican Publishing Co, 2005

Synopsis

Ken and Thelma "Ken has a real gift for mimicry and a refined sense of the absurd . . . the English faculty . . .both fear and court Ken because of his biting comic talent." --from Joel L. Fletcher's journal John Kennedy Toole's first published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, which Walker Percy called a"gargantuan tumultuous human tragi-comedy," became a publishing phenomenon, with almost two million copies in print worldwide in eighteen languages. The book's outrageous protagonist, Ignatius Reilly, is an icon of contemporary American fiction. Now Ken and Thelma sheds new light on the tragic life story of the author, known as 'Ken' to his friends. Drawing on his own journa...

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“This valuable companion to Dunces will be a treat to those who've enjoyed the novel.” —Larry Thornberry, Washington Times Before it won the Pulitzer Prize and became an international bestseller, A Confederacy of Dunces was a rejected manuscript by an unknown New Orleans professor named John Kennedy Toole. It languished in a closet after Toole's suicide for years until his mother discovered it. Almost as compelling as the novel's plot is the story of the book's publication and Toole's posthumous winning of the Pulitzer Prize, driven by the indomitable will of his mother. From personal letters, contemporary journals, and family photos, author Joel L. Fletcher recalls his friendship with Toole during the early 1960s and his long, supportive friendship with Toole's mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pelican Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1589802969
• ISBN 13: 9781589802964
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216