A Confederacy of Dunces
Author(s): John Kennedy Toole
A stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole's savagely funny, satirical masterpiece, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. 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. Ignatius ignores them, heaving 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. Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with...'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ...it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue' The New York Times
General Information
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- : Penguin UK
- : Penguin
- : 1.05
- : 01 November 2016
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 August 2016
- : books
Other Specifications
- : John Kennedy Toole
- : English