A confederacy of dunces, John Kennedy Toole ; foreword by Walker Percy
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A confederacy of dunces, John Kennedy Toole ; foreword by Walker Percy
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A confederacy of dunces
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881682909
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John Kennedy Toole ; foreword by Walker Percy
Summary
Toole's 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 presence-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; Jones the jivecat in spaceage dark glasses
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- New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Young men -- Fiction
- Louisiana + New Orleans
- New Orleans (La) -- Fiction
- Young men
- Mothers and sons -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Young men -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction
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- New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Young men -- Fiction
- Louisiana + New Orleans
- New Orleans (La) -- Fiction
- Young men
- Mothers and sons -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Young men -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction
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