Overview

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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Author:   John Kennedy Toole ,  Walker Percy
Publisher:   Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Imprint:   Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition:   20th Anniversary ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780802130204

ISBN 10:   0802130208
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   21 January 1994
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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<br> A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post <br><br> An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek <br><br> One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic <br><br> 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 Baltimore Sun <br><br> The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe <br><br> An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine <br>

Pulitzer Prize Winner<br><br> A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post <br><br> An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek <br><br> One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic <br><br> 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 Baltimore Sun <br><br> The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe <br><br> An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine <br><br> As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. -- Los Angeles Herald Examiner <br><br> If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year. -- Time <br><br> A brilliant and evocative novel. -- San Francisco Chronicle <br><br> I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book. -- Christian Science Monitor <br><br> Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created. -- Publishers Weekly <br><br> A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic. -- Kirkus Reviews <br><br> Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic. -- Booklist <br><br>Ignatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler's favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008)<br>

Pulitzer Prize Winner <br> A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post <br> An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek <br> One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic <br> 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 Baltimore Sun <br> The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe <br> An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine <br> As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. -- Los Angeles H

Pulitzer Prize Winner A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. --The New York Times Book Review A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. --The Washington Post An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. --Newsweek One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. --The New Republic 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 Baltimore Sun The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. --The Boston Globe An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. --New York Magazine As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. -- Los Angeles Herald Examiner If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year. -- Time A brilliant and evocative novel. --San Francisco Chronicle I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book. --Christian Science Monitor Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created. --Publishers Weekly A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic. --Kirkus Reviews Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic. --Booklist Ignatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler's favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008) Pulitzer Prize Winner A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. The New York Times Book Review A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. The Washington Post An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. Newsweek One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. The New Republic 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 Baltimore Sun The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. The Boston Globe An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. New York Magazine As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. Los Angeles Herald Examiner If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year. Time A brilliant and evocative novel. San Francisco Chronicle I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book. Christian Science Monitor Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created. Publishers Weekly A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic. Kirkus Reviews Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic. Booklist Ignatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler s favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008) Pulitzer Prize Winner A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic 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 Baltimore Sun The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. -- Los Angeles Herald Examiner If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year. -- Time A brilliant and evocative novel. -- San Francisco Chronicle I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book. -- Christian Science Monitor Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created. -- Publishers Weekly A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic. -- Kirkus Reviews Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic. -- Booklist Ignatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler's favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008) Pulitzer Prize Winner A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic 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 Baltimore Sun The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work. -- Los Angeles Herald Examiner If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year. -- Time A brilliant and evocative novel. -- San Francisco Chronicle I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book. -- Christian Science Monitor Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created. -- Publishers Weekly A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic. -- Kirkus Reviews Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic. -- Booklist Ignatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler's favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008) A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue. -- The New York Times Book Review A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book. -- The Washington Post An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy. -- Newsweek One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water. -- The New Republic 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 Baltimore Sun The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced. -- The Boston Globe An astonishingly original and assured comic spree. -- New York Magazine

Author Information

John Kennedy Toole, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master's degree in English from Columbia University. He taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College in New Orleans. His only other novel, The Neon Bible, is also published by Grove Press.

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