Thursday, May 21, 2015

Recommended: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Overview:  
 
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times)
(Grove Press)
 
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Side Note:  One of my favorite books. A true masterpiece. A brilliant writer, with so much promise; Toole left us too soon.

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