Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A confederacy of dunces

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

881682909

Responsibility statement

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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