Items related to A Confederacy of Dunces

Toole, John Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces ISBN 13: 9780807106570

A Confederacy of Dunces - Hardcover

 
9780807106570: A Confederacy of Dunces
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

After more than three decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during Toole's lifetime, his mother successfully published the book years after her son's suicide, and it won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. This literary underdog and comic masterpiece has sold more than two million copies in twenty-three languages.

The 35th anniversary edition of A Confederacy of Dunces celebrates Toole's novel as well as one of the most memorable protagonists in American literature, Ignatius J. Reilly, whom Walker Percy dubbed "slob extraordinaire, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one." Set in New Orleans with a wild cast of characters including Ignatius and his mother; Miss Trixie, the octogenarian assistant accountant at Levi Pants; inept, wan Patrolman Mancuso; Darlene, the Bourbon Street stripper with a penchant for poultry; and Jones, the jivecat in space-age dark glasses, the novel serves as an outlandish but believable tribute to a city defined by its parade of eccentric denizens.

The genius of A Confederacy of Dunces is reaffirmed as successive generations embrace this extravagant satire. Adulation for Toole's comic epic remains as intense today as thirty-five years ago.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
It's been hailed as a masterpiece and reviled as trash, but A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole has never been lightly dismissed. By creating Ignatius J. Reilly, a bigger-than-life bag of wind stuffed with some of the most comically outrageous and disturbingly insightful opinions ever put to paper, Toole made an indelible mark on the landscape of American literature--a feat recognized with the posthumous publication of this novel, followed by a Pulitzer Prize. Forced to wade the lower depths of New Orleans society, the gargantuan Ignatius, his poor mother in tow, takes us on a tour de force through the back alleys and juke joints of the French Quarter of New Orleans as he implores the gods, railing against the hypocrisy of contemporary politics and the crushing weight of late capitalism. "The luminous years ... dimmed into dross; Fortuna's wheel had turned ... Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale." Toole's suicide at 32 silenced a uniquely promising literary voice, denying his critics and fans the opportunity to determine whether his talent was a flash in the pan or a first spark of genius. Read A Confederacy of Dunces and you'll no doubt have formed your own inflexible opinion, which you'll defend tenaciously against all reason. --George Laney, Amazon.com
Review:
"What a delight, what a roaring, rollicking, footstomping wonder this book is. I laughed until my sides ached, and then I laughed on."

"A masterwork... the novel astonishes with its inventiveness... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue." -- New York Times Book Review

"Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel.... There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created." -- Publishers Weekly

"A masterwork... the novel astonishes with its inventiveness... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue." New York Times Book Review"

"Crazy magnificent once-in-a-blue-moon first novel.... There is a touch of genius about Toole and what he has created."-- Publishers Weekly"

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780802130204: A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780802130204
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly P..., 1994
Softcover

  • 9780141182865: A Confederacy of Dunces

    Pengui..., 2000
    Softcover

  • 9780241284667: A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

    Pengui..., 2016
    Hardcover

  • 9780241951590: A Confederacy of Dunces: ‘Probably my favourite book of all time’ Billy Connolly (Penguin Essentials, 15)

    Penguin, 2011
    Softcover

  • 9780807159606: A Confederacy of Dunces (35th Anniversary Edition): A Novel

    LSU Press, 2014
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GF Books, Inc.
(Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0807106577-2-1

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.53
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Book Deals
(Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0807106577-new

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.53
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
LibraryMercantile
(Humble, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 20.21
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.38
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 21.59
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.12
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.55
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 24.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.4. Seller Inventory # Q-0807106577

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 53.90
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.10
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

John Kennedy Toole; edited by Walker Percy
ISBN 10: 0807106577 ISBN 13: 9780807106570
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Saul54
(Lynn, MA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 336 pages.  First Edition, 13 Printing. NEW Hardcover, Fine DJ.  9.25"x6.25"x1.25".  be45. Seller Inventory # ABE-1694044740190

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 793.50
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 5.55
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds