A Confederacy of Dunces

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Newly Wardell This book is so vivid that you can practically smell New Orleans. Toole's Ignatius is intellectualism gone wrong. When I pontificate about the virtue …moreThis book is so vivid that you can practically smell New Orleans. Toole's Ignatius is intellectualism gone wrong. When I pontificate about the virtue of science fiction or feverishly debate the merits of one quarterback over another during fantasy football season, I see Ignatius in me. It is usually at this time that I step off the soapbox.
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Dolores Andral "Ooo-wee"and "whoa" got tiring really fast. But every character was painted with such broad-strokes buffoonery it's hard to just focus on that charact…more"Ooo-wee"and "whoa" got tiring really fast. But every character was painted with such broad-strokes buffoonery it's hard to just focus on that character. I mean, homosexuals must me writhing in their skin with the type of singular one-dimensional characterization Mr. Toole gave them.
But because everyone was equally stereotyped and lampooned it didn't come off as offensive.(less)

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