Butterfly in the Typewriter
Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.
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Gina Manès Helene Vronsky
Jaque Catelain Prince Vassia Heridze
Harry Nestor Prince Fedor Achkeliani
Alice Tissot Mlle. Mesureux
Dimitri Dimitriev Anton Irtych
Alexandre Mihalesco Stéphane
Vala Ostermann Nathalia Vronsky
Jean Toulout Admiral Alexeieff
Наталья Лисенко Vera Petrovna
Kinny Dorlay Jeune gitane
Alex Bernard Dr. Alexei Barkoff
André de Schack Prince Michel Rizine
G. Clein Dr. Chouvaloff
Behrs Prince Heridze
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