A Confederacy of Dunces
Published a decade after the death of the author, this wildly inventive comic masterpiece features one of the most unforgettable characters in modern fiction: Ignatius Reilly, a mammoth misfit Medievalist hilariously at odds with the 20th-century world.
Published a decade after the death of the author, this wildly inventive comic masterpiece features one of the most unforgettable characters in modern fiction: Ignatius Reilly, a mammoth misfit Medievalist hilariously at odds with the 20th-century world.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780802130204
Publish date: 28-01-1994
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Edition language: English
I hated this book. Hated. It. Loathed it. Despised it. Abhorred it. Detested it. This book is like the metaphoric hate-child of Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich.I hated the main character. I hated his mother. I hated everyone and everything about it, and most of all I hated the fact that I felt compe...
This is a book about a stupid smart person and lots of stupid stupid people. That cast of characters is bound to be funny, but also to bring out every cynical tendency you have ever had. I didn't it because it's bad. A Confederacy of Dunces is, as every other review points out, pretty brilliant. I d...
H drive/non essentialThis is not for me
I found the humor and tone of the book very unique. Unique = Good. The characters were very well developed and you wanted to follow along with them to find out where they end up. Towards the middle of the book I felt a bit lost and it didn't end as strong as it started. Overall the book was a solid,...
One of the best books I've ever read. Very funny and very insightful. Everyone should read this, although it helps to have a jaded sense of humor.
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