A Confederacy of Dunces (Hardcover)

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'My favourite book of all time... it stays with you long after you have read it - for your whole life, in fact' Billy Connolly 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... This stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole's savagely funny, satirical masterpiece is designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. 'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue' The New York Times

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Clothbound Classics
Release date:	September 2016
Authors:	John Kennedy Toole
Dimensions:	206 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-28466-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-241-28466-X
Barcode:	9780241284667

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Thu, 23 Jun 2022 | Review by: Duncan R.

It is not for no reason that this book is a classic. It is often profoundly insightful into the spirit of America even as it provides some of the best comic relief of any work of literature. Every page is chucklesome. There is sharp commentary here, too. Try this little quote for size: "Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person’s lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one’s soul." Or, in a similar vein, this: "What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale." What a gem of a book.

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