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"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).
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"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).
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Due to publisher restrictions the library cannot purchase additional copies of this title, and we apologize if there is a long waiting list. Be sure to check for other copies, because there may be other editions available.
Reviews-
The New York Times Book Review
“A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue."
The Washington Post
“A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book."
Newsweek
“An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy."
The New Republic
“One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water."
The Baltimore Sun
“The episodes explode one after the other like fireworks on a stormy night. No doubt about it, this book is destined to become a classic."
The Boston Globe
“The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced."
New York Magazine
“An astonishingly original and assured comic spree."
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
“As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work."
Time
"If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year."
San Francisco Chronicle
“A brilliant and evocative novel."
Christian Science Monitor
"I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book."
Publishers Weekly
“Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created."
Kirkus Reviews
“A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic."
Booklist
“Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic."
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