num_pages: 338
description: A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh-pots of a fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must work.
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: Penguin Books Ltd