Confederacy of Dunces
$33.86
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2016
Summary
A stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole’s savagely funny, satirical masterpiece.
A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. 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 ig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241284667 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 024128466X |
| Author: | John Kennedy Toole |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 75mm x 264mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound 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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