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. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him: Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission — and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with...
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: Penguin Books