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A confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole, walker percy. Following the success of a confederacy of dunces, the neon bible, which toole had written when he was only sixteen, was first published by grove press in 1989. When my english teacher first assigned an independent reading assignment, i wasnt very excited. William pratt, bookseller this pulitzer prizewinning novel has sold over threequarters of a million copies and continues to earn critical acclaim. Rejected by countless publishers and submitted by the authors mother years after his suicide, the book won the 1981 pulitzer prize for fiction.
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John kennedy tooles novel of what it means to miss new orleans a confederacy of dunces was chosen as the first group read of on the southern literary trail in march, 2012. Poking fun at the upturned nosenature of the phrase. I chose this book out of an assortment of many books because it was a comedy, and i figured it would be entertaining. A confederacy of dunces is a wonder just finished john kennedy tooles a conferecy of dunces and its one of the best comic novels i have ever read. Is it alluding to the confederation of idiocy playing out in the novel. Turned down by countless publishers and submitted by the authors mother years after his suicide, the book won the.
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