A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Toole's lunatic and sage novel introduces one of the most memorable characters in American literature, Ignatius Reilly. Ignatius' ire explodes when his mother backs into an automobile. The owner of the damaged vehicle insists on payment; and Mrs. Reilly demands that her son stop watching T.V.John Kennedy Toole was born in 1937 and died in 1969 in New Orleans. He got a master's degree from Columbia University after graduating from Tulane University and taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College. While stationed in Puerto Rico and teaching English to new recruits, he wrote much of the initial draft of A Confederacy of Dunces.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807126066 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807126063 |
| Title | A Confederacy of Dunces |
| Author | John Kennedy Toole |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Louisiana State University Press |
| Year published | 2000-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 338 |
| Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1981 |
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