A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Meet Ignatius J. Reilly: flatulent, eloquent and pretty much unemployable . . .
The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves 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 . . .
About the Author
John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans in 1937. He received a master's degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published; depressed, at least in part by his failure to place the book, he committed suicide in 1969. It was only through the tenacity of his mother that her son's book was eventually published and found the audience it deserved. His long-suppressed novel The Neon Bible, written when he was only sixteen, was eventually published as well.
A Confederacy of Dunces won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Format: Paperback | 444 pages
Dimensions (cm): 18.1 x 11.2 x 2.7 | 254g
Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: Melbourne, Australia
Language: English
Edition Statement: reprint ed.
ISBN10: 0141045647
ISBN13: 9780141045641
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor, tiny, scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.