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Butterfly in the Typewriter
The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces
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In Butterfly in the Typewriter, Cory MacLauchlin draws on scores of new interviews with friends, family, and colleagues as well as full access to the extensive Toole archive at Tulane University, capturing his upbringing in New Orleans, his years in New York City, his frenzy of writing in Puerto Rico, his return to his beloved city, and his descent into paranoia and depression.
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Publishers Weekly, 4/23/12
[A] thoughtful and thorough biography MacLauchlin does an admirable job distinguishing facts from speculation.” New City, 5/1/12 Butterfly in the Typewriter is as close to unraveling the enigma of the often-mysterious John Kennedy Toole as we are ever likely to read, and his story makes for an engrossing read.” Shepherd Express, 5/2/12
A fascinating account of Toole's short, intense life For anyone carrying more than a passing interest in A Confederacy of Dunces, this bio is, of course, a must-read.” Cleveland Plain Dealer, 5/11/12 For anybody who has faced rejection (and who hasn't?), this book contains a lifetime worth of wisdom.” Buffalo News, 5/6/12
This is a sad story well-told” Deep South Magazine,6/1/12 MacLauchlin has created a book that is literary, erudite and accessible all at the same time. He has married scholarship with storytelling, which is not an easy feat.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 5/29/12 -
PW's Best Summer Reads 2012, 6/8/12Kirkus Reviews, 3/15/12
[MacLauchlin] cleanly lays out the brief life of his subject and his work's unlikely afterlife A valuable biography”BookPage, April Issue [A] highly readable biography It does an impressive job filling in the gaps and helping readers better understand this complex writer.” Yahoo! Shine, 3/18/12
Author Cory MacLauchlin provides a well-documented, highly objective, step-by-step track of Toole's too-short life.” San Diego Union Tribune, 3/30/12
A complete telling of the sad but triumphant story The life that unfolds here is full of contrasts: laughter and pain, popularity and isolation, failure and success.” LitReactor.com, 4/11 In addition to being the most comprehensive and accurate biography about the man so far, it's also a gripping read”
Blurt-Online, 4/19/12
An impressive new biography MacLauchlin makes Toole come alive by providing illuminating glimpses into his life and clearing up much of the fog surrounding his death.”
- On Sale
- Apr 23, 2013
- Page Count
- 352 pages
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780306821912
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