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A Confederacy of Dunces: 'Probably my favourite book of all time' Billy Connolly by John Kennedy Toole (Paperback, 2011)

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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. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission- to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. And he has a pirate costume and hot-dog cart to do it with . . .

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Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780241951590
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
A Confederacy of Dunces: 'probably My Favourite Book of All Time' Billy Connolly
Author
John Kennedy Toole
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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181mm
Item Width
111mm
Item Weight
226g

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John Kennedy Toole
Series Title
Penguin Essentials
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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4 out of 5 stars
by nidduff21 Aug, 2019
Most favourable review
Very interesting book
This is an extraordinary book: the main character is not particularly likable, but it is impossible not want to know what happens next. It is set in the USA so some of the language is unfamiliar but it doesn't take long to understand.
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1 out of 5 stars
by borad113616 Oct, 2019
Most critical review
Most brilliant title, most rubbish book.
Nothing like the reviews said it would be. Billy Connolly highly recommended it, all I can say is he never read it. It is not remotely funny, an impossible plot with implausible characters. A very hard book to read, it was a struggle to reach the end, one of those books you hope will get better the deeper you get in, but it just doesn't deliver.
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5 out of 5 stars
by auction_man_iii26 Jan, 2022
Outrageous character is unpredictable in New Orleans setting
The book was as good as new and I found personally that the writing style bought the characters and location to life vividly. It was a recommendation from Billy Connolly that lead me to read it. The subject matter finds comedy in the often tragic circumstances of the people of New Orleans and the unusual behaviour of the characters. Unfortunately the author died and wrote no further books, I believe.
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5 out of 5 stars
by stumpyhomerb03 Feb, 2019
Daughters present
Bought this book after it was recommended by My hero and comedy royalty Billy Connolly. A present for my daughter and she absolutely loved it. It made her laugh out loud. Thank you Sir Billy and eBay x
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5 out of 5 stars
by candida933504 Sep, 2019
Comedian Billy Connolly recommended this!
The great Billy Connolly recommended reading this book on one of his shows and it hasn’t been a disappointment. Tragic though if you look up the author who only received accolades for his book after he committed suicide. Quite dry humour but it will make you chuckle
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