Large Print Material
A confederacy of dunces / John Kennedy Toole ; with a foreword by Walker Percy..
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807159613 (large print edition)
- ISBN: 0807159611 (large print edition)
- Physical Description: viii, 603 pages (large print) ; 25 cm
- Edition: 35th anniversary edition (Large print edition)..
- Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Introduces Ignatius Reilly, whom Walker Percy dubs "slob extraordinaire, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one." Other characters in the novel set in New Orleans include his mother; Miss Trixie, the octogenarian assistant accountant at Levi Pants; inept, wan Patrolman Mancuso; Darlene, the Bourbon Street stripper with a penchant for poultry; and Jones, the jivecat in space-age dark glasses. |
| Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1981. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Young men > Fiction. Large type books. New Orleans (La.) > Fiction. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Woodbury Public Library | LP FIC TOOLE (Text) | 34018131847016 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | On Order (Text) | acq974163 | Acquisitions | In process | - |
