A Confederacy of Dunces

"A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue."--The New York Times Book Review

A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is 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).

Author: John Kennedy Toole
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/21/1994
Series: Evergreen Book
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780802130204
20th Anniversary Edition