The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves 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.

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.

A stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole's savagely funny, satirical masterpiece, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. 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...

The accomplished and evocative first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces.

Pulitzerovou cenou oceněný, kultovní, humoristicko-satirický román.

Ignácius Reilly, dnes už legendární postava, je výstřední třicátník s akademickým vzděláním, který odmítá pracovat a žije se svou ovdovělou matkou. Notorický mudrlant a zápecník Ignácius považuje za své životní poslání sepsání význačného díla, ve kterém odhalí pomýlenost a mravní zpustlost doby. Při jedné cestě z baru Ingáciova matka poškodí autem cizí dům a jelikož nemá peníze na náhradu škody, je Ignácius donucen hledat si práci. Nakonec je přijat do...