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TooleÃâs lunatic and sage novel introduces one of the most memorable characters in American literature, Ignatius Reilly, whom Walker Percy dubs "slob extraordinaire, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one." Set in New Orleans, A Confederacy of Dunces outswifts Swift, one of whose essays gives the book its title. As its characters burst into life, they leave the region and literature forever changed by their presenceÃâIgnatius and his mother; Miss Trixie, the octogenarian assistant accountant at Levi Pants; inept, wan Patrolman Mancuso; Darlene, the Bourbon Street stripper with a penchant for poultry; Jones the jivecat in spaceage dark glasses.
Included here is the introduction that writer and New Orleans resident Andrei Codrescu composed for the bookÃâs twentieth anniversary. Set in oversized type for ease in reading, the large print edition will gratify both first-timers seeking to discover this modern-day classic and longtime afficionados wishing to reread a favorite novel.
This edition also contains A Confederacy of Dunces
This edition also contains A Confederacy of Dunces
About: A popular Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy follows the adventures of New Orleans's lower denizens of the French Quarter.
About: A fat New Orleans misanthrope who constantly rebukes society, Ignatius Reilly, gets a job at his mother's urging but ends up leading a workers' revolt
About: Released by Louisiana State University Press in 1980, A Confederacy of Dunces is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon.
About: A fat New Orleans misanthrope who constantly rebukes society, Ignatius Reilly, gets a job at his mother's urging but ends up leading a worker's revolt
About: An unemployed thirty-year-old New Orleans man who lives with his mother embarks on a series of adventures when he finally attempts to find a job.
About: Ignatius J.
This edition also contains A Confederacy of Dunces
About: A fat New Orleans misanthrope who constantly rebukes society, Ignatius Reilly, gets a job at his mother's urging but ends up leading a worker's revolt
This edition also contains A Confederacy of Dunces
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