A success story that's stranger than a fiction

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Title: Article: A success story that's stranger than a fiction
Author: Kisor, Henry
Date Created: 1981-04-24
Description: An article about the author, J.K. Toole, his suicide and the posthumous publication and award of a Pulitzer Prize for his book, A Confederacy of Dunces. The article includes an image of Thelma Toole holding a copy of her late son's book.
Topical Subject(s): Authors
Awards
Books
Literature
Newspapers
Name Subject(s): Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969
Toole, Thelma
Geographical Subject(s): Chicago (Il.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (local): 740.010.005.028
Extent: 1 page
Type of Resource: text
Source: John Kennedy Toole Papers, Manuscripts Collection 740, Box 10, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University
Finding Aid: http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/cont...
Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. The estate of Walker Percy retains all literary rights to his work, including the correspondence from him in this collection. The Manuscripts Department will not provide researchers with photocopies of documents created by Walker Percy. Permission to use the restricted portions of this collection must be obtained from the estate of Walker Percy.
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