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Cory MacLauchlin: Butterfly in the typewriter (2012, Da Capo Press)

"The saga of John Kennedy Toole is one of the greatest stories of American literary …

Review of 'Butterfly in the typewriter' on 'Goodreads'

Ugh. So annoying. So depressing. So full of stupid, obnoxious, bumbling, prejudiced characters. I stuck it out through the whole book hoping anyone was going to get what they deserved. I needn't have bothered.

Yes, OK, I get it. It's a farce that brilliantly illustrates the inherent absurdity of humanity and the tragic unfairness of the world. Blech.