That’s a heartbreaker and a shame.

John Kennedy Toole was born four years after McCarthy and also raised mainly in the South. He couldn’t get A Confederacy of Dunces published in his lifetime despite high interest by Robert Gottlieb, who would end up at Random House, McCarthy’s publisher. O’Toole’s book was published and won a Pulitzer Prize after he died by suicide at the age of 31.
What Cormac McCarthy’s Success Teaches You About Publishing
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That’s a heartbreaker and a shame.
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Written by Michelle Teheux
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Lover of literature. Former newspaper editor. Fascinated by everything. Contact: michelleteheux@gmail.com. To buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/michelleteheux
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