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A Confederacy of Dunces
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message 1: by Lawyer, "Moderator Emeritus" (new) - rated it 5 stars
Mar 01, 2012 08:28AM

Lawyer (goodreadscommm_sullivan) | 2668 comments Mod
Toole derived the title of his novel from Jonathan Swift.

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."--Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting (1706)

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message 2: by Jessie J (new) - rated it 2 stars
Mar 21, 2012 05:38AM

Jessie J (subseti) | 295 comments Ignatius seems the type to take Swift at face value (by choice, of course)!

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message 3: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars
Mar 21, 2012 10:43PM

Ian "Marvin" Graye That is a pretty severe part.


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