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Summary: Incredible. Funny and touching. One of the all-time greats
Review: Ingatius is some character! Yes, he would be hard to deal with in real life, but the author really gets inside his head. Toole is Ignatius, of course, and reading this book just might help you understand some of the truly eccentric people in our society. All of the supporting characters are wonderful as well. The author's command of the language is stupendous. Mostly hilarious, there are some touching and even sad moments. I gave this book to two friends, who loved it, and my mom, who didn't. So this book probably isn't for the Grisham-Francis type of reader. If you have ever felt "different" in any way, this book is for you.
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Summary: An amazing novel
Review: In a few short pages, Toole had me hooked. The characters were well developed and immediately I was emotionally involved. The lunacy of the situations added to the story as much as the deep descriptions of sights, sounds and locations. What I found most amazing was how timely this novel is. While it was written many years ago, it is a story for our time, with many adult children returning home to the nest. I wouldn't be surprised to find many Irene's out there, just wishing their "boy" would "make good"
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Summary: Tears and laughter -- a tragic, gut, wrenching comedy.
Review: This book is a paradox. Enigmatic. Percy's characterization is perfect: Where the tragedy comes from is a mystery. Not so with the comedy. Read it. Or, start reading--the book will take care of the rest. Toole killed himself at the foot of the street I live on in Biloxi, MS. I wish I could have been there when he looped the garden hose from the exhaust pipe through the window into the car. I would have begged him not to give in to the depression. To write, more. Much, much more.
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Summary: Quite possibly the funniest book ever written.
Review: This novel is quite possibly the funniest book ever published in the English language. That is all that needs to be said. Read it as soon as possible -- your life will be better.
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Summary: A rare and true "little known fact"
Review: For those who at least once in their lifetime would like to share a wonderful "little known fact" here is your chance. How many have heard of John Kennedy Toole? Yet, once having encountered his merry band of misfits, one feels ignorant having lived without them. One feels uninformed not knowing Ignatius Reilly and certainly one feels a sense of loss once the last page is turned.In reading this you will not only do yourself a great favor, but others as well as no one can keep this madcap adventure a secret from his or her friends. In other words, reading this wonderful story counts as an act of altruism because you won't be able to keep from spreading your good fortune with others.
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Summary: Laughed out loud: absolutely hilarious!
Review: Surely Ignatius J. Reilly, the struggling intellectual troubled by the worldview of his coworkers, acquaintances and his own mother is one of the most hilarious characters of modern literature? Living his life along the lines of Boethius, Ignatius is out to change the world through his various roles as a low-payed employee at a well known trouser company and hot-dog vendor. Troubled exceedingly by 'that minx' Myrna Minkoff, who is leading a sexual revolution, Ignatius is changing the world one step at a time. I would recommend this book to anyone needing some colour in their life for a taste of a brilliant character in the setting of New Orleans.
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Summary: too sad for me
Review: The author's command of the language is breathtaking. His depictions of the characters are razor-sharp. The book is a magnificent creation. I still didn't like it. The protagonist makes me cringe, and I spent much of the book trying to will him to get himself together. Only a good writer can get readers involved like that, of course. I just don't like to get involved in this kind of unhappy, depressed tangle -- not in real life, and not in literature. I recommend that people try the book. Some will abandon it after 50 pages. Some readers will enjoy it immensely. Very few will ever forget it. Finally, I offer the opinion that the author was a genius. I did not care for the subject matter of this book, but I say the same of some of the works of Charles Dickens. If this author had lived, I think he would have created a large body of significant work and that I would have enjoyed a good part of it.
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Summary: I have seen Ignatius, and he is us
Review: Five stars for the sheer lunacy and skilled wordcraft in this book! On behalf of all the misfits in the world, I would hope that the writers of the few one-star reviews would learn to laugh at themselves and find more understanding in their hearts. The book put me in touch with my inner Ignatius. Ah, the joys of expounding on one's worldview! The Internet is busy breeding a whole population of Ignatiuses (Ignatii)? under our very noses. I notice that many readers have gone on about how "hysterically" funny this book is, and declare that if you aren't rolling and snorting with gut-busting fits of hilarity on every page, there's something wrong with you. Well, I fall somewhere in between the helpless guffaws and the stone-faced indignation. We're brought up not to laugh at unfortunates. This book asks you to do just that, and of course it will make you cringe. ("Seinfeld" built its entire success on making people cringe! And those were not exactly likable characters either). Face the Ignatius in the mirror, America!
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Summary: I loved it, I hated it, but I couldn't stop reading it.
Review: Not my kind of book! However, from the outset I was captivated by the larger-than-life characters who were carrying on such small, miserable and bizarre existences. What kept me reading was the bizarre and fatalistic way in which the characters repeatedly impacted each others lives. I finished the book because I had to witness the inevitable explosion that takes place when opposing forces are brought together. Tremendously rich characters with brilliantly conceived, hilarious interactions!
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Summary: Funniest Book I ever read.
Review: Brilliant, hilarious, a must read
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