Dunces, A Conferacy of...

[Nigel E. Richardson]

> I loved the Jonathon Kennedy Toole novel.  In fact, when I was in Atlanta 
> last year, I ran into, literally, Gena Rowlands, at Lennox Square Mall.  
> She was lovely and I gushed a bit.  She told me that she was in town 
> working on a film adaptation of an earlier, and fairly unknown, recently 
> "found" work of his.  I forget the name.  Anyhow, if anyone sees a film 
> of hers that seems of that ilk, let me know, o.k.?  I can't think of what 
> it might be/have been, etc.
> 
> Thanks.
> bonnie

This will be THE NEON BIBLE, directed by Terrance Davies. The book is more 
of a straight autobiographical novel,based on Toole's early family life. 
Whereas his mother did everything she could to get DUNCES published she 
was less happy about this one seeing the light of day.

I've read DUNCES about three times and it still gets me every time. Never 
understand how come no-one tried to make it into a film with John Candy in 
the role of Ignatius.