A Confederacy of Dunces von John Kennedy Toole

'Probably my favourite book of all time' Billy Connolly
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ISBN: 978-0-241-95159-0
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ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

'This is probably my favourite book of all time' Billy Connolly

A pithy, laugh-out-loud story following John Kennedy Toole's larger-than-life Ignatius J. Reilly, floundering his way through 1960s New Orleans, beautifully resigned with cover art by Gary Taxali
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'This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians . . . don't make the mistake of bothering me.'


Ignatius J. Reilly: fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this?

No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. And he has a pirate costume and hot-dog cart to do it with . . .
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'I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy' New York Times

'A fine funny novel. This is the kind of book one wants to keep quoting from' Anthony Burgess

ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

'This is probably my favourite book of all time' Billy Connolly

A pithy, laugh-out-loud story following John Kennedy Toole's larger-than-life Ignatius J. Reilly, floundering his way through 1960s New Orleans, beautifully resigned with cover art by Gary Taxali
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'This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians . . . don't make the mistake of bothering me.'


Ignatius J. Reilly: fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this?

No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. And he has a pirate costume and hot-dog cart to do it with . . .
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'I succumbed, stunned and seduced, page after page, vocal with delight. A masterwork of comedy' New York Times

'A fine funny novel. This is the kind of book one wants to keep quoting from' Anthony Burgess

AutorToole, John Kennedy / Percy Walker (Vorb.)
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2011
Seitenangabe416 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH18.0 cm x B11.2 cm x D2.5 cm 227 g
CoverlagPenguin Books Ltd (Imprint/Brand)
ReihePenguin Essentials
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. Zuletzt erschienen 'Königskinder' (2018), 'Der König von Olten' (2020) und 'Susanna' (2022).

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