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. |
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| Subject: | Mothers and sons > Fiction. Young men > Fiction. Large type books. New Orleans (La.) > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Public Library | LP FIC TOOLE (Text) | 34018131847016 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | On Order (Text) | acq974163 | Acquisitions | In process | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
A Confederacy of Dunces : A Novel
John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 17, 1937. He received an undergraduate degree in English from Tulane University in 1958 and a master's degree in English literature from Columbia University in 1959. He started to pursue a doctorate at Columbia, but he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1961 before he was able to finish. He served for two years at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico, teaching English to Spanish-speaking recruits. He taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Hunter College in Manhattan, and St. Mary's Dominican College. He wrote A Confederacy of Dunces and sent a copy to Simon and Schuster for publication, but it was rejected. His failure to get his novel published and his increasing frustration at living with and supporting his parents brought on a breakdown. He committed suicide on March 26, 1969 at the age of 31. A Confederacy of Dunces was finally published in 1980 and won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Neon Bible, which he wrote when he was sixteen years old, was published in 1989. (Bowker Author Biography)
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