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A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

Follow the hilarious and tragic misadventures of 30-year-old Ignatius J. Reilly, a medievalist who lives with his mother in New Orleans. Ignatius is forced to enter the working world after a car accident, spawning a series of subplots involving eccentric characters such as a stripper with a talented cockatoo and a gay blade. A Confederacy of Dunces ties together the complicated subplots in the end, with Ignatius carrying the story as a modern-day Quixote. The novel is both comedic and melancholic, revealing the fragility beneath the humor. This novel is a fitting memorial to the talented and tormented life of John Kennedy Toole, who never saw the publication of his work.
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Publish Date
1994-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1994-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1980
Goodreads Rating
3.89
based on 272k ratings
ISBN
9780802130204
Categories
FictionHumor
Recommendations
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Recommendations
Jesse Williams
F*cking funny, vivid, and adventurous. Sometimes that’s what we need.     – source
Jon Gabriel
2020-05-26T19:29:41.000Z
@MZHemingway Just read it a couple of months ago. BRILLIANT.     – source
Jerrod Carmichael
The language is so good.     – source
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