--- product_id: 21765681 title: "The Neon Bible" price: "92 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/21765681-the-neon-bible store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Neon Bible **Price:** 92 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Neon Bible - **How much does it cost?** 92 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/21765681-the-neon-bible) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description John Kennedy Toole—who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling comic masterpiece A Confederacy of Dunces —wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript languished in a drawer and became the subject of a legal battle among Toole’s heirs. It was only in 1989, thirty-five years after it was written and twenty years after Toole’s suicide at thirty-one, that this amazingly accomplished and evocative novel was freed for publication. Review: Well worth a read! - This author wrote two books in his short lifetime. Both are worth a special spot in your library so you can re-read again and again! Review: A surprisingly good first effort by a short-lived novelist. - Other reviews had painted this book as a flawed first work, while rushing to add "...but he was only sixteen!" as though the book needed their defense. (Frankly, this book is plenty good on its own merits; that the author was sixteen at the time is just that much more impressive.) I took this book with me on a business trip, and didn't read it so much as devoured it. The author perfectly captured the voice of a barely literate, barely educated backwoods youth (read into that what you will), rendering it an engrossing page-turning narrative. I won't go so far as to say it's one of my favorite books, but it was a really good book I thoroughly enjoyed. Regardless of what other reviewers have said about the ending, I felt it was an excellent fit and an appropriate conclusion to the book. (Given that the author had a master's degree in English, I anticipate there may have been some symbolism, allegory and/or other tools of deeper meaning at work there, though I rather doubt it, and don't care very much regardless.) In any case, I found it a taut, compelling read, which I enjoyed a great deal more than I've enjoyed slogging through his "masterpiece", A Confederacy of Dunces... but that is another review entirely. ## Features - Author: Toole, John Kennedy. - Publisher: Grove Press - Pages: 162 - Publication Date: 1994 - Edition: Reprint - Binding: Paperback - MSRP: 16 - ISBN13: 9780802132079 - ISBN: 0802132073 - Other ISBN: 9780802197320 - Other ISBN Binding: print - Language: en ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #245,941 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,547 in Literary Fiction (Books) #2,352 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books) #10,664 in American Literature (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 846 Reviews | ## Images ![The Neon Bible - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91vSTECzl0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth a read! *by C***L on March 28, 2026* This author wrote two books in his short lifetime. Both are worth a special spot in your library so you can re-read again and again! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A surprisingly good first effort by a short-lived novelist. *by P***R on May 25, 2013* Other reviews had painted this book as a flawed first work, while rushing to add "...but he was only sixteen!" as though the book needed their defense. (Frankly, this book is plenty good on its own merits; that the author was sixteen at the time is just that much more impressive.) I took this book with me on a business trip, and didn't read it so much as devoured it. The author perfectly captured the voice of a barely literate, barely educated backwoods youth (read into that what you will), rendering it an engrossing page-turning narrative. I won't go so far as to say it's one of my favorite books, but it was a really good book I thoroughly enjoyed. Regardless of what other reviewers have said about the ending, I felt it was an excellent fit and an appropriate conclusion to the book. (Given that the author had a master's degree in English, I anticipate there may have been some symbolism, allegory and/or other tools of deeper meaning at work there, though I rather doubt it, and don't care very much regardless.) In any case, I found it a taut, compelling read, which I enjoyed a great deal more than I've enjoyed slogging through his "masterpiece", A Confederacy of Dunces... but that is another review entirely. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Read *by B***E on July 15, 2025* Very reminiscent of Carson McCullers. Simply written, but held my attention the entire time and the fact that it was written when the author was only 15 is mind blowing. Nice twist near the end. Can’t wait to check out Confederacy of Dunces next. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/21765681-the-neon-bible](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/21765681-the-neon-bible) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-21*