{"product_id":"9780141182865","title":"A Confederacy of Dunces","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Toole, John Kennedy, Percy, Walker \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 March 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Modern Classics series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 16 | 248g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldMy favourite book of all time... it stays with you long after you have read it - for your  whole life, in fact Billy ConnollyA 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 citys 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever published during his lifetime, John Kennedy Tooles hilarious satire, A Confederacy of Dunces is a Don Quixote for the modern age, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a foreword by Walker Percy. A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugueThe New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40866974630023,"sku":"9780141182865","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780141182865_ee310758-2546-4d2f-958b-f69edba3d399.jpg?v=1741636497","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.live\/products\/9780141182865","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}