JKT’s final resting place. Photo taken 3/26/12. Message left to Toole on the paper had been washed away by the rain.
Today is the 44th anniversary of John Kennedy Toole’s death. Every year this day makes me ponder the question of “why” someone so talented, someone with so much promise, would take his own life.
A few months ago The Daily Beast published some new findings I made on his death. At least for me, this story brings a kind of rationale to his untimely end. You can read “The Professor and the Doomsday Clock” here.
Rest in Peace, Professor Toole.