3.5
A Confederacy of Dunces
By John Kennedy Toole and Walker PercyPublisher Description
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole’s hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, “huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, and a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original character, denizens of New Orleans’ lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures” (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun Times)
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Kristin Lamendola 🫖
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“Read this for a book club and forced myself to finish it.”Original writingRealistic setting
Lady of Andúnië
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“I didn’t find it funny as said it would be. I found it nerve poking and annoying at points, and felt real.”Relatable charactersTragicDark settingDark
LeVar Burton
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“A laugh-out-loud funny novel set in New Orleans, a city I love. The characters are drawn with such extreme specificity that I can't believe that I haven't run into them somewhere in my life before.”Reviewed in:LeVar Burton’s Book Club
Colorful personalitiesOriginal charactersOriginal writingComical
Padma Warrior
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“I read this book when I was in college. The characters are colorful and somewhat nasty! But it was funny in a satirical way”Colorful personalitiesUnpredictable
Diego Messi
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Colorful personalitiesDiverse charactersMulti-layered charactersOriginal charactersBeautifully writtenConversationalEasy to readFunny writingOriginal writingWitty banter
About John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master's degree in English from Columbia University. He taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College in New Orleans. His only other novel, The Neon Bible, is also published by Grove Press.
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