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Toole, John Kennedy - A Confederacy of Dunces

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Toole, John Kennedy (1937- 1969)

A Confederacy of Dunces

Exerpt from A Confederacy of Dunces-
A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs.

Summaries-

Bohemian Ink - A short personal review of the book along with Walker Percy's introduction to the book. Also includes links to some other material on Toole.

CurledUp - This site has an excellent summary of the book. After reading this you will want to learn more about Ignatius Reilly.

Epinions - An intelligent review of the book along with some comments from readers. After you read the book you can add your own opinion here.

MoviePoopShoot - An article discussing of the possiblity of Confederacy being turned into a film along with a large picture of the characters in the novel.

Critical Material-

Eastern Illnois University - An English class website devoted to the novel. Here you will find a number of related materials, student essays on the novel, and some famous quotes from the book.