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Bob Berry asked this question about A Confederacy of Dunces:
Do you think that Toole "pulls off" a the major black character without cartoonish stereotyping ?
Nancy Toler The whole book is a cartoonish stereotype, isn't that the point? Is is fiction by the way!…moreThe whole book is a cartoonish stereotype, isn't that the point? Is is fiction by the way!(less)
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A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
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