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A Confederacy of Dunces: John Kennedy Toole (Penguin Modern Classics)
John Kennedy Toole
Summary
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece.
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."
Perfect for fans of Contemporary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Satires, Fiction Classics Books, Humorous Fiction.
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 352 pages · Paperback
- By John Kennedy Toole
Details
- ISBN: 9780141182865
- Author: John Kennedy Toole
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- Language: English
- Publication date: 30 March 2000
- Condition: New
- Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)
Reviews
Average rating: 5.00/5 · 1 review
Ignatius Reilly, the hero, is a grotesque Gargantua, in violent revolt against the entire 20th century and what he takes to be the manifold excesses and perversions of the past 400 years.
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