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A confederacy of dunces
This book is quite hillarious. Ignatius J. Riley is 33 and lives with his mother. He is a Don Quixote of 1960s New Orleans as his delusions of grandeur and strange worldview. It seems his time with his mother is a retreat from the world. He has spent ten years in college, at his mother's expense and recently broken up with his girlfriend Myrna. Now he just spends his time at home, in the tub, going to the movies (specifically to mock the "debauchery he sees), or scribbling ...more
This book is quite hillarious. Ignatius J. Riley is 33 and lives with his mother. He is a Don Quixote of 1960s New Orleans as his delusions of grandeur and strange worldview. It seems his time with his mother is a retreat from the world. He has spent ten years in college, at his mother's expense and recently broken up with his girlfriend Myrna. Now he just spends his time at home, in the tub, going to the movies (specifically to mock the "debauchery he sees), or scribbling ...more
I really wanted to love this book because it was recommended by someone I love and who's depth of knowledge when it comes to literature kind of blows my mind. (She was an AP Literature teacher!) I wanted to be able to share enthusiastic notes about this novel with her, and I wanted to appreciate it as much as she does. I did laugh (out loud) a handful of times. And I did LOVE the setting of the book (New Orleans, French Quarter) for the nostalgia and reminiscing of my time in Louisiana. But oh h
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Funny. Smart. One of the best books I've ever read.
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