{"product_id":"a-confederacy-of-dunces-9780807130087","title":"A Confederacy Of Dunces","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased by Louisiana State University Press in 1980  A Confederacy of Dunces is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon. Rejected by countless publishers and submitted by the authors mother years after his suicide  the book won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Today there are almost two million copies in print worldwide in eighteen languages. Now  for the first time  John Kennedy Tooles comic masterpiece is available in a large print edition. Tooles lunatic and sage novel introduces one of the most memorable characters in American literature  Ignatius Reilly  whom Walker Percy dubs \"slob extraordinaire  a mad Oliver Hardy  a fat Don Quixote  a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one.\" Set in New Orleans  A Confederacy of Dunces outswifts Swift  one of whose essays gives the book its title. As its characters burst into life  they leave the region and literature forever changed by their presence -- Ignatius and his mother; Miss Trixie  the octogenarian assistant accountant at Levi Pants; inept  wan Patrolman Mancuso; Darlene  the Bourbon Street stripper with a penchant for poultry; Jones the jivecat in spaceage dark glasses. Included here is the introduction that writer and New Orleans resident Andrei Codrescu composed for the books twentieth anniversary. Set in oversized type for ease in reading  the large print edition will gratify both first-timers seeking to discover this modern-day classic and longtime afficionados wishing to reread a favorite novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273309249589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807130087","price":240.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807130087.jpg?v=1780488019","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-confederacy-of-dunces-9780807130087","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}