John Kennedy Toole

Sixty years ago, John Kennedy Toole first wrote A Confederacy of Dunces while living in Puerto Rico, teaching English to Spanish-speaking draftees as part of his military duty and after finishing a master's degree in Medieval studies.

Ignatius Reilly , described by writer Walker Percy in the book's foreward as a 'slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole: A comedic classic of American Southern literature, A Confederacy of Dunces follows Ignatius Reilly, described by writer Walker Percy in the book's foreward as a 'slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one.'

Anthony Burgess John Kennedy Toole

Anthony Burgess John Kennedy Toole wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published; depressed, at least in part by Anthony Burgess John Kennedy Toole's failure to place the book,

Ignatius J. Reilly

Ignatius J. Reilly wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published; depressed, at least in part by Ignatius J. Reilly's failure to place the book, Ignatius J. Reilly committed suicide in 1969.

and misadventures of Ignatius Jacques Riley, whom Walker Percy described as a 'slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one

A Confederacy of Dunces follows the life and misadventures of Ignatius Jacques Riley, whom Walker Percy described as a 'slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one.'

by Steven Soderbergh

: Confederacy of Dunces written and directed by Steven Soderbergh, based on the acclaimed novel, starring Will Farrell, makes the acclaimed novel's hit film debut,.... June 6, 2005:

Toole

Toole, the author of A Confederacy of Dunces, killed himself in 1969, long before John Kennedy Toole's masterpiece was published.

John Henry Toole

John Henry Toole’s CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES comes to mind, along with a plethora of others.

John Kennedy Tool

John Kennedy Tool authored The Confederacy of Dunces, one of my favorite books.

John Toole

For anybody living under a rock, Ignatius Reilly is the name of the main character in John Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces.

in Walker Percy’s foreword as a slob extraordinary,

A Confederacy of Dunces’ protagonist, Ignatius Jacques Reilly, is described in Walker Percy’s foreword as a slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one.

Ken Toole,

Joel was a buddy of Ken Toole, author of A Confederacy of Dunces, and later befriended Ken's mother Thelma, becoming Thelma's whipping boy in Thelma's later years.

Walker Percy

The eccentric—some might say crazy—Thelma Toole badgered Walker Percy into reading A Confederacy Of Dunces, a novel by Walker Percy's deceased son that, thanks to Percy’s support, found a publisher and eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Although Jonathan Swift probably put the idea better when Jonathan Swift wrote that one can recognize a true genius by the following sign: all the dunces are in a confederacy against Jonathan Swift .

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud

then Columbia University was there in 1963, while teaching English to Spanish-speaking US Army recruits, that Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud finished A Confederacy of Dunces.

Cat Parker

While Cat Parker had heard about Cat Parker's death, Cat Parker never realized Cat Parker had written a book, until Cat Parker stumbled on A Confederacy of Dunces in the window of a bookstore.

Thomas Shadwell

The poem was not signed, and Thomas Shadwell used only initials in the text to refer to the various Dunces in the kingdom of Dulness.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces

Adapted from the cult classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces is a hilarious wild ride, filled with colorful characters and comic misadventures.

The 1980 book ' titled 'A Confederacy of Dunces

The 1980 book titled 'A Confederacy of Dunces' was written by?

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And I found out way later that John Kennedy O’Toole lived right down the street, with Schwegmann's mother, when Schwegmann was writing The Confederacy of Dunces.