A Confederacy of Dunces

Resumen del libro

A stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole's savagely funny, satirical masterpiece, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. 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...'A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ...it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue' The New York Times

Biografía del autor

John Kennedy Toole va néixer a Nova Orleans lx{0026} x02019;any 1937 i va morir lx{0026} x02019;any 1969. Va obtenir un màster dx{0026} x02019;anglès a la Columbia University, i va impartir classes al Hunter College i a la Universitat de Southwestern Louisiana. Va escriure Una confabulació dx{0026} x02019;imbècils al començament de la dècada de 1960 i va intentar infructuosament que lx{0026} x02019;hi editessin. Publicada pòstumament gràcies a la tenacitat de la seva mare i al suport del novelx{0026} x02022;lista Walker Percy, la novelx{0026} x02022;la va obtenir el premi Pulitzer lx{0026} x02019;any 1981, va consagrar Kennedy Toole com un dels millors escriptors nord-americans de tots els temps i es va convertir en un longseller inesgotable. És una de les cinc novelx{0026} x02022;les preferides de Roberto Bolaño. Kennedy Toole també és lx{0026} x02019;autor de La Bíblia de neó.