He wrote A Confederacy of Dunces in the early sixties and tried unsuccessfully to get the novel published depressed, at least in part by his failure to place the book, he committed suicide in 1969. He received a master's degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. John Kennedy Toole (1937-1969) was born in New Orleans. Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him: Ignatius must get a job. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. This is the kind of book one wants to keep quoting from' - Anthony BurgessĪ monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. 'This is probably my favourite book of all time' - Billy Connolly
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