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Bookmark or Share- A Confederacy of Dunces - WikipediaA Confederacy of Dunces follows the misadventures of protagonist Ignatius J. Reilly, a lazy, overweight, misanthropic, self-styled scholar who lives at home with his mother. He is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living in the Uptown neighborhood of early-1960s New Orleans who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures with ...
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - GoodreadsA Confederacy of Dunces is a rambling, aimless, comedic novel centered on Ignatius J. Reilly, a buffoonish overweight man-child with poor fashion sense, worse social skills, and deplorable hygiene. Through 400 pages – which is relatively long for a book in which nothing happens – we follow Ignatius through various minor misadventures ...
- A Confederacy of Dunces Study Guide | Literature Guide - LitChartsA Confederacy of Dunces is a satirical picaresque novel as its protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly, is an atypical heroic and undertakes a series of anticlimactic adventures in order to avoid going to work and becoming a member of mainstream society.
- A Confederacy of Dunces | Summary, Description, & Facts - BritannicaA Confederacy of Dunces is a timelessly funny and fast-moving novel, spiralling through a uniquely unhinged world in which, according to Ignatius J. Reilly, “the gods of Chaos, Lunacy and Bad Taste” have gained ascendancy over humankind.
- The Uneasy Afterlife of “A Confederacy of Dunces” - The New Yorker“Dunces” details the adventures of a scabrous, slothful, and hippopotamically fat medievalist named Ignatius J. Reilly, who lives in New Orleans with his overweening mother, Irene.
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