A Confederacy of Dunces
Description
Ignatius J. Reilly, a forty-year-old, slovenly, and opinionated medievalist, considers himself a scholar unjustly exiled to the modern world. When financial desperation forces him out of his mother's dilapidated French Quarter apartment, Ignatius embarks on a series of disastrous and hilarious misadventures. From working in a pants factory to navigating the seedy underbelly of New Orleans, his encounters with a cast of unforgettable characters—including a beatnik, a pornographer, and a fundamentalist—are as absurd as they are profound. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a riotous exploration ofBohemianism, societal expectations, and the enduring search for meaning in a world that often makes little sense.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 1980
418 pages
ISBN: 9780802130204
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2016
352 pages
ISBN: 9780241284667
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Community Reviews(1)
A book that will completely divide opinions; <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Confederacy-Dunces-John-Kennedy-Toole/9780141182865/?a_aid=theprivategirl" target="new"><i>A Confederacy of Dunces</i></a> is an American "comic masterpiece," a classic farce full of characters you hate to love and love to hate. The book's protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly, is a hugely obese and obnoxious man who is horrifically rude to his mother (and pretty much everyone else) and I couldn't help but <i>like</i> him. I relished every cringe-worthy, shockingly foul and unpleasant word that spilled from his mouth and I couldn't wait to find out what this idiot would do next.
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First Published
1980
Language
eng
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