A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
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Author: John Kennedy TooleForeword: Walker Percy
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987
ISBN: 0802130208
Number of pages: 405
Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld
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- Paper back with comic picutre of the main charactor. 394 pages
Book Reviews of A Confederacy of Dunces
Book Review: "Dunces" is a MUST-read!
Summary: 5 Stars
"A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES" is colorful, literary satire of the highest order. Still widely read, the very mention of the title brings a knowing smile to many. How sad that Toole was taken from us by his own tormented hand, how lucky readers are to have this brilliant book to remember him by. A few years back, when I was working on my novel, "Life Askew," a friend who'd read a few chapters pressed his copy of "Dunces" against my chest and insisted I read it immediately. My book and I were posessed by the spirit of John Kennedy Toole, he'd said. Of course, I was flattered to be compared to a Pulitzer Prize winner, and saddened to learn of the story of how the book was posthumously published by his mother.
Now, years later, my novel is done and I'm convinced my friend was right; "Life Askew" and "Dunces" are cut from the same cloth.
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