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A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

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John Kennedy Toole

John Kennedy Toole
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Born: December 17, 1937
Died: March 26, 1969 (aged 31)
Bio: John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He also wrote The Neon Bible.
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  1. A Confederacy of Dunces
  2. The Neon Bible
  3. Synaspismos elithion
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