A Confederacy of DuncesWinner 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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... girl story in my experience . By no means a lesser virtue of Toole's novel is his rendering of the particularities of New Orleans , its back streets , its out - of - the - way neighborhoods , its odd speech , its ethnic whites and one ...
... girl story in my experience . By no means a lesser virtue of Toole's novel is his rendering of the particularities of New Orleans , its back streets , its out - of - the - way neighborhoods , its odd speech , its ethnic whites and one ...
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... girl- friend he had flew the coop . " " Well , he's got time . " " I guess so , " Mrs. Reilly said disinterestedly . " Look , you wanna gimme half a dozen wine cakes , too ? Ignatius gets nasty if we run outta cake . " " Your boy likes ...
... girl- friend he had flew the coop . " " Well , he's got time . " " I guess so , " Mrs. Reilly said disinterestedly . " Look , you wanna gimme half a dozen wine cakes , too ? Ignatius gets nasty if we run outta cake . " " Your boy likes ...
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... girl , " some woman answered from the crowd . " Say a rosary for the police force . " Mrs. Reilly was now addressing her remarks to the crowd . Ignatius ca- ressed her shoulder wildly , whispering encouragement . " Would you say a ...
... girl , " some woman answered from the crowd . " Say a rosary for the police force . " Mrs. Reilly was now addressing her remarks to the crowd . Ignatius ca- ressed her shoulder wildly , whispering encouragement . " Would you say a ...
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... girls don't cry . Big girls don't cry . Big girls , they don't cry - yi - yi . They don't cry . Big girls , they don't cry ... yi . While he was waiting for someone to answer the bell , he read the faded sticker on the crystal of the ...
... girls don't cry . Big girls don't cry . Big girls , they don't cry - yi - yi . They don't cry . Big girls , they don't cry ... yi . While he was waiting for someone to answer the bell , he read the faded sticker on the crystal of the ...
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John Kennedy Toole. Patrolman Mancuso knocked savagely at the shutters . Big girls don't cry . Big girls don't cry . " They home , " a woman screamed through the shut- ters of the house next door , an architect's vision of Jay Gould ...
John Kennedy Toole. Patrolman Mancuso knocked savagely at the shutters . Big girls don't cry . Big girls don't cry . " They home , " a woman screamed through the shut- ters of the house next door , an architect's vision of Jay Gould ...
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