num_pages: 405
description: Ignatius J. Reilly is a thirty-year-old, self-proclaimed genius out to reform the entire twentieth century, which doesn't leave him much time for an ordinary nine-to-five job! The one day Mrs. Reilly pushes her reluctant son out of the nest and into the working day world of New Orleans - a decision with unforeseeably hilarious results.
language: English
title: A Confederacy of Dunces
titlecomplete: A Confederacy of Dunces
characters: Burma Jones, Ignatius Jacques Reilly, Lana Lee, Irene Reilly, Angelo Mancuso, Santa Battaglia, Myrna Minkoff
genres: Fiction, American, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 268893
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: Grove Press