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The Neon Bible is John Kennedy Toole's first novel, written at the age of 16. The novel is a bildungsroman about a callow youth named David in rural Mississippi during the late 1930s to early 1950s.
The Neon Bible is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on the novel of the same name by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David (Jacob Tierney) coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Neon Bible tells the story of David, a young boy growing up in a small Southern town in the 1940s. David's voice is perfectly calibrated, disarmingly funny, sad, shrewd, gathering force from page to page with an emotional directness that never lapses into sentimentality.
Mar 1, 1996 · The Neon Bible: Directed by Terence Davies. With Jacob Tierney, Drake Bell, Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid. While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family.
In 1940s Georgia, teenager David (Jacob Tierney) boards a train and escapes the destitute town in which he was raised. During the ride, he ponders his lonely upbringing. As a sensitive young boy ...
1995. Time. 92 minutes. Rating. 15. Synopsis. In the rural South in the 1940s, David is a teenage boy with a troubled family. While on a train, he reflects on his past. He recalls his abusive father, an impoverished worker who disappeared during World War II after enlisting in the army.
A film about a young boy's coming of age in rural Georgia during the 1940s, based on the novel by A Confederacy of Dunces author. The Neon Bible features stunning cinematography, a nostalgic score and a cast of veteran actors.
