A Confederacy of Dunces

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A Confederacy of Dunces is a posthumously published comic novel set in New Orleans, celebrated for its eccentric protagonist Ignatius J. Reilly and its satirical portrayal of modern society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic novel
novel
satirical novel
adaptationStatus multiple attempted film adaptations
associatedPlace Tulane University NERFINISHED
author John Kennedy Toole NERFINISHED
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
awardYear 1981
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Ed Lindlof NERFINISHED
criticalReception highly acclaimed
cultStatus cult classic
editor Walker Percy NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Darlene NERFINISHED
Gus Levy NERFINISHED
Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED
Irene Reilly NERFINISHED
Jones NERFINISHED
Lana Lee NERFINISHED
Myrna Minkoff NERFINISHED
Santa Battaglia NERFINISHED
firstEditionFormat hardcover
genre Southern literature
comic fiction
picaresque fiction
hasISBN 9780802130204
hasOCLC 5946744
includedIn canon of modern American literature
language English
literaryStyle farce
satire
mainCharacter Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor comic depiction of New Orleans life
satirical portrayal of modern society
originalPublisher Louisiana State University Press NERFINISHED
pageCount approximately 400
posthumouslyPublished true
protagonistDescription eccentric
protagonistName Ignatius J. Reilly NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1980
setIn New Orleans NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 1960s
subjectMatter alienation
consumer culture
modern society
working-class life
titleOrigin derived from a Jonathan Swift quotation

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John Kennedy Toole notableWork A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole awardReceivedFor A Confederacy of Dunces