A confederacy of dunces /

Toole's lunatic and sage novel introduces one of the most memorable characters in American literature, Ignatius Reilly, whom Walker Percy dubs "slob extraordinaire, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one." Set in New Orleans, A Confederacy of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969
Other Authors: Percy, Walker, 1916-1990
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014
Edition:35th anniversary edition (Large print edition)
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