Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. 'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities. A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) - Kindle edition by Toole, John Kennedy, Walter Percy. John Kennedy Toole, A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Never published during his lifetime, 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. 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. Louisiana State University Press celebrates A Confederacy of Dunces' twentieth year withthis anniversary edition, which includes a new introduction by Andrei Codrescu that examines the relationship of this modern-day classic to the city whose pulse it so brilliantly.
But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him: Ignatius must get a job. Satire and farce animate A Confederacy of Dunces tragic awareness ennobles it. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. John Kennedy Tooles hero, one Ignatius J. John Kennedy Tooles hero, one Ignatius J. A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. it stays with you long after you have read it - for your whole life, in fact' Billy ConnollyĪ monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' Satire and farce animate A Confederacy of Dunces tragic awareness ennobles it.
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