Book Beat

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A small announcement published in Jill Jackson's column about Walker Percy's novel, A Second Coming, winning first Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction, 1979-1980. The article also commemorates Percy for his efforts in bringing about the publication of A Confederacy of Dunces.

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Title

Book Beat

Author

Jackson, Jill

Date Created

1980s

Description

A small announcement published in Jill Jackson's column about Walker Percy's novel, A Second Coming, winning first Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction, 1979-1980. The article also commemorates Percy for his efforts in bringing about the publication of A Confederacy of Dunces.

Topical Subject(s)

Authors
Books
Literature
Newspapers

Name Subject(s)

Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969
Thelma, Toole

Publisher

Tulane University Digital Library

Language

eng

Identifier (local)

740.010.011.004

Type of Resource

text

Source

John Kennedy Toole Papers, Manuscripts Collection 740, Box 10, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University

Collection

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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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