Book summaryIgnatius J. Reilly, a grossly overweight medieval scholar who lives with his mother, is forced to seek employment when she can no longer tolerate his laziness. His disdainful encounters with the modern culture of New Orleans, his habitual misunderstanding of its inhabitants (some of them no less eccentric than himself) and his often hypocritical efforts at scholarly success make him one of the most memorable comic characters of modern literature. Media reviews"What a delight, what a roaring, rollicking, footstomping wonder this book is! I laughed until my sides ached, and then I laughed on....[Ignatious J. Reilly is] huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gragantua, 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." |
A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole; foreword by Walker Percy,Tenth printing
Book desription: New York, New York:: Louisiana State University Press,. 1990.. Tenth printing. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4 " tall, 338 pages, beige cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover edition with slight shelf wear; binding tight, paper white. Without dust jacket .
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