A review by tobin_elliott
Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Short, Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces by Cory MacLauchlin

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

It has been a long time since I read A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES but it was a book I remember enjoying immensely (and that I am going to dive into yet again right after this). I've always been fascinated by the very little I knew of the tragic story of how it ultimately came to be published.

This is a really good glimpse into the person JKT was and also a look at his equally fascinating mother and coterie of friends.