I thought it would be fun to do a cover illustration for one of my all-time favorite novels. I only wish Toole would have stuck around longer. Can you imagine what fun he would have had lampooning the characters of post-Katrina New Orleans?
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I thought it would be fun to do a cover illustration for one of my all-time favorite novels. I only wish Toole would have stuck around longer. Can you imagine what fun he would have had lampooning the characters of post-Katrina New Orleans?
I feel the same way about Flannery O'Connor. Southern Gothic, to me, is always a fun and dark world to escape into.
Posted by Jonathan Hohensee | May 8, 2008 7:48 PM
Posted on May 8, 2008 19:48
That book is probably the funniest I've ever read. His little foray into hotdog selling made me howl.
Posted by Bigwig Rabbit | May 9, 2008 8:53 AM
Posted on May 9, 2008 08:53
One of my all-time favorite books. I've read it at least half a dozen times.
I'd have loves to see that snark applied to present day New Orleans too.
MC
Posted by mostly cajun | May 9, 2008 9:38 PM
Posted on May 9, 2008 21:38