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The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. He received a master's degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

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John Kennedy Toole's hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy.Never published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Toole's masterful comic novel takes its title, as well asfrom Jonathan Swift 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. Ignatius ignores them, heaving 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...John Kennedy Toole (1937-1969) was born in New Orleans. 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, winning the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His long-suppressed novel The Neon Bible, written when he was only sixteen, was eventually published as well.If you enjoyed A Confederacy of Dunces, you might like Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue'The New York Times

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Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780141182865
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Book Title
A Confederacy of Dunces
Author
John Kennedy Toole
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
245g

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John Kennedy Toole
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Penguin Modern Classics
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United Kingdom

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by bauhaus4125 Jan, 2018
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a modern classic
I first read this book in the early 1980s on loan. It kept recurring either in my mind or spotted in the occasional bookshop and finally I decided to buy it and read it again. There are few books I have re-read and this is one that has proved to be worthwhile. It's funny, disturbing and hard to put down. If you like a surreal tinge to your reading then you might like this.
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by peterm222822 Feb, 2019
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Pulitizer Prize winner, Penguin Classic must read. Prize winners usual a death nail to a book.
Billy Connelly favourite book but did not rock my sense of humour. I love comedy in all its forms but this did not tickle my taste buds. Was it funny in its day, I am old enough to say 'No' in my case. I have also failed to find a book which is really funny but open to suggestion. I like a laugh.
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4 out of 5 stars
by 0191vienna13 Nov, 2019
Thanks Billy
Saw a program on TV with Billy Connelly and he said he has bought lots of these books for friends so I thought it would be a good read and it was thought provoking
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5 out of 5 stars
by birdwoman201225 Jan, 2019
Just awesome :)
Saw it on a TV programme it was recommended by Billy Connely :) Sad story behind the book but worth a read i though i wasnt wrong its good.
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5 out of 5 stars
by pron-r-3gugxjtm...14 Feb, 2019
title does not sell the book but when you have read just some of it the title fits like a glove
it has sarcastic view of these characters in America and the American ideals.
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a modern classic

Pulitizer Prize winner, Penguin Classic must read. Prize winners usual a death nail to a book.

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Just awesome :)

title does not sell the book but when you have read just some of it the title fits like a glove

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