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A Confederacy of Dunces
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November 16, 2015
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November 16, 2015

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This book is simply delightful. However, there is no concise way to explain why. It is just one of those books people have to give a try.
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3.75 Woah, this is a rough one to review, just because so much of it was so incredibly unpleasant to read. But at the same time I understand why this is such a classic. It was "good", well written, and interesting, and I particularly loved that it is set in New Orleans. My family and I were staying there when I started reading this, and it does very well capture how quirky the people there are (in a good way).

Ignatius is awful, and I felt like he must have been the personification of Toole's de
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