A Confederacy of Dunces von John Kennedy Toole

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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

'My favourite book of all time... it stays with you long after you have read it - for your whole life, in fact' Billy Connolly

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...

Never published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Toole's hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy.

'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue'
The New York Times


B-Format Paperback

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

'My favourite book of all time... it stays with you long after you have read it - for your whole life, in fact' Billy Connolly

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...

Never published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Toole's hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy.

'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue'
The New York Times


B-Format Paperback
AutorToole, John Kennedy / Percy Walker (Vorb.)
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2000
Seitenangabe352 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
AbbildungenB-format paperback
MasseH19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.5 cm 245 g
CoverlagPenguin Classics (Imprint/Brand)
ReihePenguin Modern Classics
VerlagPenguin Books

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Über den Autor John Kennedy Toole

John Kennedy Toole, 1937 in New Orleans geboren, schrieb den Roman während seines Militärdienstes in Puerto Rico. Die sich anschließende jahrelange vergebliche Suche nach einem Verleger entmutigte ihn; am 26. März 1969 nahm er sich das Leben. Elf Jahre später veröffentlichte ein kleiner wissenschaftlicher Verlag das Manuskript auf Drängen Thelma Tooles, der Mutter des Autors. Der Erfolg war unbeschreiblich: 1981 erhielt der Autor postum den Pulitzer-Preis, und 'Die Verschwörung der Idioten' ist in Amerika zu einem Kultbuch geworden. Alex Capus, 1961 in der Normandie geboren, lebt in Olten, Schweiz. Er schreibt Romane, Kurzgeschichten und Reportagen. Für sein literarisches Schaffen wurde er u.a. mit dem Solothurner Kunstpreis 2020 ausgezeichnet.

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