The Neon Bible - by John Kennedy Toole (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The first novel by the Pulizer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy Of Dunces. David is a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. From his porch, David can see the whole valley, including the neon Bible that lights up the sky, emblem of the God-fearing folk who snub his family because Poppa can't afford the church dues.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>John Kennedy Toole--who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling comic masterpiece <i>A Confederacy of Dunces</i>--wrote<i>The Neon Bible</i> for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript languished in a drawer and became the subject of a legal battle among Toole's heirs. It was only in 1989, thirty-five years after it was written and twenty years after Toole's suicide at thirty-one, that this amazingly accomplished and evocative novel was freed for publication.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Heartfelt emotion, communicated in clean direct prose . . . a remarkable achievement."--Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"A powerful novel that belongs on the shelf with the works of Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. It is a moving evocation of the small-town South in the mid-twentieth century, and it is an expertly crafted tale of an adolescent boy finding the courage to make the decisions to change his life."--William McKeen, <i>Orlando Sentinel</i> <p/>"John Kennedy Toole's tender, nostalgic side is as brilliantly effective as his corrosive satire. If you liked <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> you will love <i>The Neon Bible</i>."--Florence King <p/>"Shockingly mature. . . . Even at sixteen, Toole knew that the way to write about complex emotions is to express them simply."--Kerry Luft, <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br>
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