{"product_id":"i-john-kennedy-toole-9781643131931","title":"I, John Kennedy Toole","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story behind John Kennedy Toole's groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e--how it was discovered, championed, and published--is as engaging and colorful as the novel itself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI, John Kennedy Toole\u003c\/i\u003e is the novelized true story of the funny, tragic, riveting narrative behind the making of an American masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The other fascinating (and mostly unknown) part of the story is how after a decade of rebuke and dismissal the novel came to a brilliant author, Walker Percy, and a young publisher, Kent Carroll, who separately rescued the book, then published it with verve and devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The novel that almost never came to be went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and continues to sell at a satisfying rate as it winds its way to the 2 million mark. That audience is the happy ending for this brilliant, unrepentant writer, whose only reward before his untimely death was his unending belief in his work and his characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643131931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kent Carroll, Jodee Blanco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664337891484,"sku":"9781643131931","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_91ca74aa-84b9-497b-9f71-4430c554614e.jpg?v=1603906391","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-john-kennedy-toole-9781643131931","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}