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An edition of A Confederacy of Dunces
(1980)
A Confederacy of Dunces
39th printing
by John Kennedy Toole
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A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."
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mothers, travel, housing, character, sons, groups, loneliness, Young men, Mothers and sons, Fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, humorous, Mothers and sons, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Large type books, American literature, Madres e hijos, Novela, Hombres jóvenes, Fictional Works [Publication Type], Humorous storiesShowing 8 featured editions. View all 69 editions?
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A Confederacy of Dunces
2006, Grove Press
Paperback
in English
- 39th printing
0802130208 9780802130204
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La Conjuration des imbéciles
August 1, 2002, Editions 10/19
Mass Market Paperback
2264034882 9782264034885
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A confederacy of dunces
1995, Wings Books, Distributed by Random House Value Pub.
in English
0517122707 9780517122709
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Ignaz oder Die Verschwörung der Idioten. Roman.
January 1, 1988, Dtv
Paperback
in German
342310841X 9783423108416
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A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."
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