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Louisiana State Univ Press, 1980. First Edition. Fine in fine DJ that has a minor bump to top right front cover. Includes a newspaper slipping of a review written by Paul Gray; an article clipped from the 1980 Seattle Times titled "The Sad Success of a Comic Novel". The madcap travails of Ignatius J. Reilly as he searches for a job, a sense of purpose, and perhaps even love on the streets of 1960s New Orleans.

A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole, published by Louisiana State University Press in 1980, 11 years after Toole's suicide. The book's title refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's essay, 'Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting': 'When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.' Set in New Orleans, the novel bursts with rich and vivid characters, especially the protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly, whose comedic misadventures are a highlight of the narrative.