A Confederacy of Dunces

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize "A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue."--The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is 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 (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).Publisher: Grove PressPublished: 01/21/1994Pages: 416Weight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20dISBN: 9780802130204Age: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.5Point Value: 20Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 10833 / Confederacy of DuncesReview Citation(s): Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 99About the AuthorJohn Kennedy Toole, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University a