A Confederacy of Dunces
$24.18
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
22 June 2000
Summary
The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city’s fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him. Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182865 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141182865 |
| Author: | John Kennedy Toole, Walker Percy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2000 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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My favourite book of all time. I’ve read it so many times and I still go back to it today.
My favourite book of all time. I’ve read it so many times and I still go back to it today. – Billy Connolly
About The Author
John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans in 1937. He received a master’s degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published; depressed, at least in part by his failure to place the book, he committed suicide in 1969. It was only through the tenacity of his mother that her son’s book was eventually published and found the audience it deserved.
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