Has anyone else read "The Neon Bible?" I believe it is the only other book written by John Kennedy O'Toole. If you have read it, what did you think of it? If you haven't read it, I highly recommend reading it. In my humble opinion, it isn't nearly as good a "Confederacy of Dunces." Then again, C.O.D. is such a great book it would be hard to top. Nevertheless, "The Neon Bible" is worth checking out.
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Re: The Neon Bible
Sun, February 15, 2004 - 9:04 PMI read it about a year after COD. I think it's really good, but you can kind of tell that he hadnt really done a lot of rewriting with it. Or maybe that's the style. I mean, it kind of feels like it was written by a 15 or 16 year old. The sentence structure and whatnot. But the ending sure surprised me. Good book. Glad you brought it up. And yeah, it is the only other book he wrote, I think. Sad. Guy was the greatest writer of the 20th and possibly the 21 century and we'll never read his stuff. Sucks. That's life? -
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Re: The Neon Bible
Mon, February 16, 2004 - 1:30 AMI remember feeling quite crushed when I found out that those were the only two pieces of his writings that I'd ever get to enjoy. -
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Re: The Neon Bible
Thu, February 19, 2004 - 12:31 PMi agree, after i read COD it really bummed me out to think he killed himself and that he never got see how much the world loves his book and his missed the whole pulitzer prize crap and all :( I'm so glad his mom really harrassed the editor to read it and then eventually it was published.
I'll read The Neon Bible soon..there is just too many good books to read.
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