Album The Neon Bible?
posted by on February 20 at 12:35 PM
I’m working on a review of the new Arcade Fire record, Neon Bible, and I’m wondering if anybody out there has read John Kennedy Toole’s book of the same name. I’ve checked out the Wikipedia entry for it, but was wondering if anybody might be able to expand on its cliffs notes-style summary or maybe explain some of the book’s themes. I never much cared for Confederacy of Dunces, so I probably won’t read this book. Feel free to spoil it for me.
The reference to the book is probably not terribly crucial to the album. But I've not read the book, only heard the record.
I don't think it's crucial to my understanding the record—the band has said there are no direct references to the book in their lyrics—I'm just curious.
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