Book Review: A Confederacy of Dunces (Toole)


Have I read this before: Nope. This is actually one of the books I recently added to my list to help expand it from 200 books to 250.

Review: This was easily one of the most entertaining books I’ve read on my list. Ignatius is simultaneously annoying as shit and entertaining as all hell. As Wiki describes him, “Ignatius Jacques Reilly is an overweight and unemployed thirty-year-old with a degree in Medieval History who still lives with his mother, Irene Reilly.”

But I think the best indicator of how ridiculous and amusing this book is are the various covers. Check ‘em:

(Sources: here, here, here)

Great fun.

Favorite Part: Ignatius. Just…Ignatius.

Rating: 7/10

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