A Confederacy of Dunces: ‘Probably my favourite book of all time’ Billy Connolly

ISBN-13: 9780241951590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str.

John Kennedy Toole

Opis

Considered by most to be completely unhinged, Ignatius tours the fleshpots of New Orleans in order to preach his moral message. But when his momma insists that he gets a job, 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.

Recenzje

I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy New York Times

O autorze

John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans in 1937. He received a master's degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published; depressed, at least in part by his failure to place the book, he committed suicide in 1969. It was only through the tenacity of his mother that her son's book was eventually published and found the audience it deserved.