The Neon Bible

John Kennedy Toole First published 1989

About this book

The first novel by the Pulizer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy Of Dunces. David is a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. From his porch, David can see the whole valley, including the neon Bible that lights up the sky, emblem of the God-fearing folk who snub his family because Poppa can't afford the church dues.

Subjects

  • bildungsromans
  • boys
  • fiction
  • fiction, coming of age
  • fiction, general
  • new york times reviewed
  • prejudice
  • southern states, fiction