Butterfly in the Typewriter

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Butterfly in the Typewriter

Author	: Cory MacLauchlin
File Size	: 40,6 Mb
Publisher	: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Language	: English
Release Date	: 27 March 2012
ISBN	: 9780306820403
Pages	: 354 pages

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Butterfly in the Typewriter by Cory MacLauchlin Book PDF Summary

Traces the life and early death of the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces, recounting Toole's upbringing in New Orleans, the crushing difficulties he faced while trying to publish his posthumously acclaimed novel and his untimely suicide.

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