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John Kennedy Toole

    December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969

    John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist whose work, including the acclaimed novel 'A Confederacy of Dunces', remained unpublished during his lifetime. After his death, his mother brought the manuscript to the attention of novelist Walker Percy, who was instrumental in its publication. Toole's writing is celebrated for its distinctive humor and sharp observations on the human condition. His unique literary voice offers a compelling exploration of character and society, posthumously recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

    John Kennedy Toole
    The neon bible = Neonová bible
    Die Neonbibel. Roman
    Sgovor ostolopov
    The Neon Bible
    A Confederacy of Dunces
    • A Confederacy of Dunces

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      'This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians . . . don't make the mistake of bothering me.' Ignatius J. Reilly: fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. And he has a pirate costume and hot-dog cart to do it with . . . 'I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy' The New York Times

      A Confederacy of Dunces
      3.9
    • The Neon Bible

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The accomplished and evocative first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces.

      The Neon Bible
      3.8
    • Sgovor ostolopov

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Игнациус Ж. Райлли - интеллектуал, идеолог, лодырь, посмешище, обжора. Гаргантюа, презирающий современность за недостаток должной теологии и геометрии. Опустившийся Фома Аквинский, который ведет свою безнадежную войну против всех: Фрейда, гомосексуалистов, гетеросексуалов, протестантов и всевозможных излишеств века, главным образом - междугородных автобусов. Литературный герой, не имеющий аналогов в мировой сатирической литературе. Новоорлеанский писатель Джон Кеннеди Тул (1937-1969) не дожил до присуждения своему великому детищу Пулитцеровской премии (1981). И вот теперь "Сговор остолопов", самый оригинальный комический эпос XX века, - впервые на русском языке.

      Sgovor ostolopov
      4.0
    • The neon bible = Neonová bible

      • 326 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      John Kennedy Toole, autor slavného Spolčení hlupců, napsal Neonovou bibli již v šestnácti letech, vydání se však dočkala až dvacet let po jeho tragické smrti. Jde o zvláštní a temnou knihu, v níž se na rozdíl od Spolčení hlupců jen občas zablesknou groteskní náznaky a satirická nálada. Působivý baladický příběh je umocněn jednoduchým jazykem a naprosto přímočarým proudem vyprávění. Bilingvní vydání.

      The neon bible = Neonová bible
      4.5