Oh please WallyFacio go fetch your bottle of bourbon out of the oven....
paz ( I am a huge fan too DUH!)
on 7/23/01 11:23 AM, Wally Kairuz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> didn't he commit suicide BECAUSE he couldn't get the book published and then
> didn't his mother go from publisher to publisher until she succeeded? urban
> legend?
> wallyK, another ignatius j. reilly fan. tho, i love his mom santa too!!!!!!!
>
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> Enviado el: Lunes, 23 de Julio de 2001 02:56 p.m.
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> Asunto: Re: books - Confederacy of Dunces (NJC)
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>
> <<I highly recommend this book to anyone who has not read it. It is, bar
> none, the funniest book I have ever read. Thanks for reminding me, Lori.>>
>
> I'll third that...we used to give copies away as gifts, and always got a
> positive response...you probably already know this but it's a fluke that the
> book even exists. Toole died (suicide, I think)and his Mom found the
> manuscript and had it published posthumously.
>
> Bob
>
> NP: The Rolling Stones, "No Expectations" from RSVP - Beggars Banquet
> sessions
