Una Mariposa En La Maquina de Escribir (Paperback)

from Eliz12

I lived in New Orleans in 1982, and everyone was talking about John Kennedy Toole. The story always went something like this: He wrote one great book, no one would publish it, so he killed himself and then his wonderful mother finally found a publisher for "A Confederacy of Dunces." Of course, th...

from CBJames

I find a certain pleasure in reading biographies of little known authors. For example, I am the only person I know, outside of a few professors I had in graduate school, who have read anything by Jane and Mary Findlater. I've run into a handful of people on-line who have read their wonderful nove...

from SamSattler

I had never heard of John Kennedy Toole the day that the cover of A Confederacy of Dunces caught my eye on the Harvard Book Store bargain table. That cover was so different from everything else there that it was the first thing I picked up, and I had the feeling the book was going to be special. ...

from MSarki

I read this biography as a primer before diving into the real deal which my adult children love very much. On first look I was not too interested in the Confederacy but based on glowing reviews by my goodreads pals here I will attempt to read the novel sometime soon. I have the hardcover book on ...

from dasam

An accessible yet scholarly literary biography of Toole, this is well-written, thoughtful, and enjoyable.