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MacLauchlin, Cory.
Butterfly in the typewriter : the tragic life of John Kennedy Toole and the
remarkable story of A confederacy of dunces / Cory MacLauchlin.
p. cm.

eISBN : 978-0-306-82104-2

1. Toole, John Kennedy, 1937–1969. Confederacy of dunces.
2. Novelists, American--20th century--Biography. I. Title.
PS3570.O54C666 2012
813’.54—dc23
2012000259

 

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