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A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole (Author), Walter Percy (Foreword)

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Synopsis

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 ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 338
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 30 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0141182865
ISBN 13: 9780141182865
Prizes: Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1981.

Media Reviews
What a delight, what a roaring, rollicking, footstomping wonder this book is. I laughed until my sides ached, and then I laughed on.
Author Bio
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.