John Kennedy Toole

Confederacy of Dunces dust jacket art
Confederacy of Dunces Dust Jacket Discovery
Earlier this fall, bookseller Patrick Mullins of The Rare Book Company in Grottoes, Virginia - now renamed Mullins Books - 
The Lost Manuscript of "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Today in The Millions, author Cory MacLaughlin shares a wonderful tale of literary sleuthing.