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Toole

Toole is a surname and toponym used in English-language contexts. It appears in various records and may be encountered in both historical and contemporary contexts, including literature, geography, and local history.

The most widely known person bearing the name is John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969), an American novelist whose

Toole County, Montana, is a county in the state of Montana, United States. It is one of

See also: O'Toole, a related surname; Tooley, a variant spelling.

novel
A
Confederacy
of
Dunces
was
published
posthumously
in
1980.
The
work
won
the
Pulitzer
Prize
for
Fiction
in
1981,
bringing
renewed
attention
to
Toole
and
his
contribution
to
American
literature.
The
novel
is
noted
for
its
satirical
wit,
its
portrayal
of
New
Orleans,
and
its
distinctive
narrative
voice.
several
places
in
North
America
associated
with
the
Toole
name,
reflecting
the
surname’s
presence
in
geographic
naming
practices.