A confederacy of dunces /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | 35th anniversary edition. |
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| 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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| Item Description: | "Originally published 1980" -- Verso title page. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 348 pages ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1981. |
| ISBN: | 9780807159606 (acid-free paper) 0807159603 (acid-free paper) |