Matthew McElroy ’s Reviews > A Confederacy of Dunces > Status Update

I'm 90% finished (did I scan the right version?) And I have no idea what exactly is happening.
Ignatius is still loud, obnoxious, ill-mannered and pretentious. I'm not sure there are any specifically redeeming humans in this story, though most are more likable than Ignatius.
Reading this while reading The Boys is a nice contrast. This is satire done correctly- where there is a clear condemnation of bad behavior.

It's good, it's not great. It certainly has some interesting characters, but none of the characters seem particularly interested in doing anything or inspiring another character to do anything.

Ignatius only seems to act under his own impulse, otherwise he is explosively reactive, but not in a dangerous explosion- more of a baking soda and vinegar way.

"Books are immortal sons defying their sires."-Plato, pg 99

I have heard of the book Confederacy of Dunces for a long time. Numerous people have recommended it to me. Apparently the author wrote it, committed suicide and his mother sent it to a publisher.

Life imitates art.

I could have sworn I wrote the same thing recently, but Ignatius is perhaps the most unlikable protagonist I've read about in a long time. He is opinionated without facts, sexist, homophobic, and somehow hates the government and people who are too independent.

He is singularly concerned with his own comfort.

All that being said, it's pretty good. Imagine a book about the most sanctimonious person you know.