A Confederacy of Dunces
‘Probably my favourite book of all time’ Billy Connolly
$23.94
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2011
Summary
Meet Ignatius J. Reilly—fat, flatulent, eloquent, and almost unemployable.
“This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians … don’t make the mistake of bothering me.”
Ignatius J. Reilly—fat, flatulent, eloquent, and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241951590 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241951593 |
| Author: | John Kennedy Toole, Walker Percy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 109mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy
I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy * New York Times *A fine funny novel. This is the kind of book one wants to keep quoting from – Anthony BurgessEvery reviewer has loved it. For once, everyone is right * Rolling Stone *
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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