{"product_id":"i-john-kennedy-toole-9781643139487","title":"I, John Kennedy Toole","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich new novel that explores the true story of \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy Of Dunces \u003c\/i\u003eand the remarkable life of its author, John Kennedy Toole.\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\u003eThe 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\u003eThe 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\u003eThe 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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643139487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Kent Carroll, Jodee Blanco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574045778101,"sku":"9781643139487","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_26f311bd-40e3-4d61-8d2f-3d3e7d427765.jpg?v=1643688676","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-john-kennedy-toole-9781643139487","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}