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An obese New Orleans misanthrope who constantly rebukes society, Ignatius Reilly gets a job at his mother's urging but ends up leading a workers' revolt."I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one."Arguably the funniest winner of the Pulitzer Prize, A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the 20th century’s great cult novels, with a following to match, sitting alongside Swift and Twain as a comic masterpiece. A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. 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...Never published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Toole's hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy."A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual i

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Author

John Kennedy Toole

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807130087

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Humor, American Fiction

Rating

3.89 / 5 (152 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13