“A confederacy of Dunces”

I want to talk about a novel I read last year; its name is “A confederacy of Dunces”. It is an awesome masterpiece, written in the sixties by John Kennedy Toole. A confederacy of Dunces is a hilarious novel, full of bitter black humour and absurd situations, most of them caused by its main character called Ignatius Reilly and his alcoholic widowed mother. Reilly is a scornful beefy man in his thirties, whose repulsive appearance and attitudes draw people’s attention. A tweed cap, and a bushy dirty moustache, together with a pair of chubby cheeks are part of his physiognomy. Ignatius’s abominable behavior disturbs not only the people around him, but also the reader. He is a smart liar, who is constantly spoiling everything in his way, including his future plans of obtaining a good job.

Ignatius Reilly