num_pages: 397
description: Ignatius J Reilly of New Orleans is a noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk amongst the flesh-pots of a fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes - until his maroon-haired mother decrees that he must work.
language: English
title: A Confederacy of Dunces
titlecomplete: A Confederacy of Dunces
characters: Myrna Minkoff, Burma Jones, Lana Lee, Angelo Mancuso, Irene Reilly, Santa Battaglia, Ignatius Jacques Reilly
genres: Audiobook, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 268865
places: New Orleans, Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Gardners Books