After more than three decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during Toole's lifetime, his mother successfully published the book years after her son's suicide, and it won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. This literary underdog and comic masterpiece has sold more than two million copies in twenty-three languages. The 35th anniversary edition of A Confederacy of Dunces celebrates Toole's novel as ...
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After more than three decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during Toole's lifetime, his mother successfully published the book years after her son's suicide, and it won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. This literary underdog and comic masterpiece has sold more than two million copies in twenty-three languages. The 35th anniversary edition of A Confederacy of Dunces celebrates Toole's novel as well as one of the most memorable protagonists in American literature, Ignatius J. Reilly, whom Walker Percy dubbed ""slob extraordinaire, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one."" Set in New Orleans with a wild cast of characters including Ignatius 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; and Jones, the jivecat in space-age dark glasses, the novel serves as an outlandish but believable tribute to a city defined by its parade of eccentric denizens. The genius of A Confederacy of Dunces is reaffirmed as successive generations embrace this extravagant satire. Adulation for Toole's comic epic remains as intense today as thirty-five years ago.
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Add this copy of A Confederacy of Dunces (35th Anniversary Edition): a to cart. $11.97, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by LSU Press.
Edition:
Anniversary edition Large type / large print
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LSU Press
Published:
2014
Language:
English
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
Add this copy of A Confederacy of Dunces (35th Anniversary Edition): a to cart. $11.98, fair condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by LSU Press.
Edition:
Anniversary edition Large type / large print
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LSU Press
Published:
2014
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16155097217
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Fair. Spine detached. Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.
I�ve read glowing reviews of this book and can�t understand why it is praised. It had a few funny moments and some of the characters were interesting but I never felt connected to any of them. I never cared about what was going to happen to them or to the story itself. Not sure of the purpose of the story. What was the author trying to tell me? At almost 400 pages I just wanted to finish it so I could get to a book that enjoyed. Can�t say that I enjoyed reading this story.
tsunami
Jun 19, 2016
a masterpiece but not my taste
This is a confounding book, and though I appreciate its genius, it is not my cup of tea. Yes, it is funny, but the characters that populate it are so distasteful it is difficult to go along with the joke. If the reader can perservere, the ending is mostly worth it.
brunhild
Jul 3, 2010
Hilarious book by funny writer. Too bad he is not around to write more books!
Maryanne
Apr 1, 2010
okay
Ignatius is a bit of an irritant. The book has it's moments when it is funny, but the editors notes pay it more justice than I feel it deserves. It does keep you reading and not losing interest waiting for his next caper. I think in many cases the author was writing about himself.
JLeon11233@yahoo.com
Feb 4, 2010
A Leg slapper
This book is already aclaimed as a comedic mastepiece.
