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

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong John Kennedy Toolex{0026}lt;/strong nació en Nueva Orleans en 1937 y murió en 1969. La publicación póstuma de x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La conjura de los neciosx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , editada en Compactos al igual que su primera novela x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La Biblia de neónx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , le consagró como uno de los mejores novelistas norteamericanos de todos los tiempos. Anagrama también ha publicado la biografía del autor, x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Una mariposa en la máquina de escribirx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , escrita por Cory MacLauchlin.x{0026}lt;/p