{"product_id":"a-confederacy-of-dunces-anniversary","title":"A Confederacy of Dunces (Anniversary)","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has sold over three-quarters of a million copies and continues to earn critical acclaim. The story of one Ignatius J. Reilly, a \"Don Quixote of the French Quarter\", it is a masterpiece of human folly and tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished by arrangement with Louisiana State University Press--T.p. verso.;Originally published: Louisiana: LSU Press, 1980.;Set in New Orleans, the protagonist is nearly arrested for being a suspicious character and encounters many unfortunate events.;Pulitzer Prize, 1981.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Kennedy Toole\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master's degree in English from Columbia University. He taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College in New Orleans. His only other novel, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Neon Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, is also published by Grove Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Published by arrangement with Louisiana State University Press\"--T.p. verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, \"huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, and a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original character, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures\" (Henry Kisor, \n\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LeVar Burton x Fable Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A corker, an epic comedy, a rumbling, roaring avalanche of a book.\"--\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astonishingly good novel, radiant with intelligence and artful high comedy.\"--\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the funniest books ever written . . . it will make you laugh out loud till your belly aches and your eyes water.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The episodes explode one after the other like fireworks on a stormy night. No doubt about it, this book is destined to become a classic.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The dialogue is superbly mad. You simply sweep along, unbelievably entranced.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astonishingly original and assured comic spree.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As hilarious as it indisputably is, A Confederacy of Dunces is a serious and important work.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, \n\u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e is the bargain of the year.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant and evocative novel.\" --\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I found myself laughing out loud again and again as I read this ribald book.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel. . . . There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A masterpiece of character comedy . . . brilliant, relentless, delicious, perhaps even classic.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing, extravagant, lunatic, satiric, and peculiar, but it is above all genuine, skillful, and unsentimentally comic.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIgnatius J. Reilly is Bette Midler's favorite hero of fiction (Vanity Fair, August 2008)\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis wildly inventive comic masterpiece exploded on the literary scene like a time bomb in 1980. The rest is publishing history. Critics and readers adored \"A Confederacy of Dunces, \" and the book went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Now this wonderfully outrageous, hilariously funny novel is back in a new hardcover edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/05\/2013 pg. 99 (EAN 9780802130204, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/19\/2000 pg. 66 (EAN 9780807126066, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2000 pg. 130 (EAN 9780807126066, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toole, John Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1994-01-21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Literary|Fiction \/ Classics|Fiction \/ Humorous \/ Dark Humor|Fiction \/ Absurdist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Mothers and sons|Young men|New Orleans (La.)|Humorous stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802130204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780802130204\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52910124335385,"sku":"SP-9780802130204","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780802130204_spiral.png?v=1785299758","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/a-confederacy-of-dunces-anniversary","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}