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I’m always reluctant to pick a favorite anything, but if and when forced to name a favorite book, this is usually the one I choose. merlin: Party invite for publication of Confederacy of Dunces by Brian Oberkirch Delightful. Please come have a glass of wine and listen to Mrs. Toole play the piano for us — she is an unforgettable person. She was, indeed. [The] book would never have been published if Toole’s mother had not found a smeared carbon copy of the manuscript left in the house following Toole’s 1969 suicide at age 31. She took it to Walker Percy, an author and college instructor at Loyola University New Orleans, demanding he read it. Reluctantly, Percy began to read through the manuscript, but became more captivated with each page. I’m always reluctant to pick a favorite anything, but if and when forced to name a favorite book, this is usually the one I choose.

merlin:

Party invite for publication of Confederacy of Dunces by Brian Oberkirch

Delightful.

Please come have a glass of wine and listen to Mrs. Toole play the piano for us — she is an unforgettable person.

She was, indeed.

[The] book would never have been published if Toole’s mother had not found a smeared carbon copy of the manuscript left in the house following Toole’s 1969 suicide at age 31.

She took it to Walker Percy, an author and college instructor at Loyola University New Orleans, demanding he read it. Reluctantly, Percy began to read through the manuscript, but became more captivated with each page.

Reblogged 2 years ago from merlin