Publication

2004-09-30 - Louisiana State University Press

Language

English

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Word Count

160,000 words, Guess

Page Count

640 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100807130087
  • ISBN-139780807130087
  • Better World Books9780807130087
  • Open LibraryOL7945842M

Description

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

First Sentence

A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.

Subjects

Topics

sonstravelgroupsNovelaFictionGeneralmothers

Places

LouisianaNew OrleansD.H. HolmesCanal StreetFrench QuarterPrytania TheaterNew Orleans (La.)

People

GeorgeDarleneLana LeeGus LevyDr. TalcMr. ClydeMrs. Levy

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