Book :: A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces
By: John Kennedy Toole
Pages: 394
Published: 1980
Genre(s): Humor
Comedy
Southern
Award(s): Pulitzer Prize (1981)
Rating: (4)

#136

142 points

I've Read It I Want To Read It

Users who've read this book...

Foolofareader ChaiwallahShelly Edurne bigmama Ccroskey Dorset dimeking goodreadsreader 831 more..

Users planning to read this book...

amyers73075@yahoo.com Tipperj luckyaqua98 Ellenm0m Essjay stefanie NekromanikKannibal kevin 759 more..

Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, --selfish, domineering, deluded, tragic and larger than life-- is a noble crusader against a world of dunces. He is a modern-day Quixote beset by giants of the modern age. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh posts of the fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until...

-- Read more at Amazon


Reviews

Create an account or login to one you already have to add a review!

forline forline

I've bought this again to give it another chance. I read this and just did not like it...my bookclub LOVED it and thought I had a screw loose...I will try again....

Jan 5th, 2018

bryanoz bryanoz

Sep 29th, 2016

bdubransky bdubransky

May 26th, 2014

mariamitica mariamitica

Aug 20th, 2013

A Confederacy of Dunces appears on these lists...

95th on Books You Can't Live Without by The Guardian

15th on 100 Books of the Past Century by Koen Books