Title: A Confederacy of Dunces
First published: January 1, 1982
Description: A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."
Subjects: mothers, travel, housing, character, sons, groups, loneliness, Young men, Mothers and sons, Fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, humorous, Mothers and sons, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Large type books, American literature, Madres e hijos, Novela, Hombres jóvenes, Fictional Works [Publication Type], Humorous stories
Places: New Orleans (La.), New Orleans, Louisiana, French Quarter, Canal Street, Mississippi River, D.H. Holmes, Werlein's Music Store, Prytania Theater
People: Ignatius J. Reilly, Myrna Minkoff, Irene Reilly, Santa Battaglia, Claude Robichaux, Angelo Mancuso, Lana Lee, George, Darlene, Burma Jones, Mr. Clyde, Gus Levy, Mrs. Levy, Miss Trixie, Mr. Gonzalez, Dorian Greene, Frieda Club, Dr. Talc, Miss Annie