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Summary: Hysterical bit of absurdity
Review: I mean, absurd the way Three Men In a Boat is absurd. Both are outright parodies, just of a different time and place, and I don't think I've ever read a book quite like the two of them.Ignatius is hysterical and eerily like some of my old high school classmates. Jones is one cool cat, and the only character with any inkling of how freakin' weird their world is. Mrs. Reilly is a riot, and ends up very nearly a figure of female empowerment. Best of all is Mancuso, the pathetic undercover cop whose various costumes are the delight of the French Quarter. Read this book. It's certainly fun, and you probably won't ever forget it.
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Summary: I've had this book for 5 years.....
Review: and never read it till now. Outstanding characters. I wanted to reach into the book and strangle the main character, Ignatius, several times but then could not wait to see what he would do next.
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Summary: Ignatius is my neighbor!
Review: I thought I'd die when I saw the cover of this book. It was my neighbor- not only in looks but in personality. A big, fat sloppy boor who barely works (he's on 'disability' for 4 jobs), repeatedly tells the same stories, in great detail, concerning every trivial thing that's ever happened to him, and of course, is a pompous, pretentious jerk that conveys a superior attitude. Their house is a pigpen, and everything they own is dirty or broken, yet listening to him talk to strangers, you would think he lived in a mansion. A lot of reviewers said they tired of Ignatius but you know, every morning my huband's co-workers stop by his office eager to find out if he has any 'Sumner stories' (yes, his name is Sumner Minor lastname III). Isn't that a howl! Ignatius lives. This was a well-written book about someone all of us have known at some time in our life. People like Ignatius don't have a clue that while they think they are impressing people they actually look like giant fools. I think that O'toole did a fine job of tapping into the mind of people who are legends in their own minds.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I don't laugh easy. A book is good if it can make me chuckle, but at some parts of this book, my sides hurt and my eyes were watering! Ignatius J. Reilly and his outrageous adventures as Fortuna keeps spinning him all around New Orleans make this masterpiece a side-splitting rollercoaster ride from cover to cover. Inexplicably sad and unbelievably funny, A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES is a must-read for EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE!
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Summary: AMAZING COMING-OF-AGE STORY!
Review: ....granted, our hero comes of age at 30? This is a terrific novel about a man nearly everyone fears and/or hates, and yet ALL reap great benefits from being around him. His intelligence, anger and frustration are something to behold - and the storyline weaves through, then ties up in a MOST satisfying manner - kinda like PULP FICTION circa 1967. Mr. Reilly champions and personifies the curmudgeon in all of us - a MUST-READ!
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Summary: The funniest novel of all time!
Review: This is simply the funniest novel I've ever read. It's BRILLIANT! Ok, I may be a bit biased because I'm from New Orleans. But if you ever have any plans to visit that city, then read this book. You'll learn more of it's quirky people and their colorful lives from this book than any other.
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Summary: This Could Not Be Published Today
Review: As Andrei Codrescu points out in his new introduction to the 20th anniversary edition, this book could not be published today. It's simply too offensive to contemporary feelings about sexuality, race, and politics. The same goes for several other beloved comedy classics of the '60's and '70's: Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles", the albums of Richard Pryor, you name it. And isn't that a sad comment on our paranoid, oversensitive popular culture of the "90's.
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Summary: Better Than All Books
Review: This is the most brilliantly funny book ever written in the history of the world. There are no other opinions to have of this masterpiece. And anybody who believes differently is wrong and ought to be punished. I weep into my horribly expensive 400 count Egyptian cotton pillowcase each time I think that the writer extinguished his life without ever making it into the Oprah Book Club. So much is wrong with life. This book, however, is something that is right. All must read it and be awed.
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Summary: Tourist in New Orleans
Review: This is one of the very best books I've read in a long time! You'll especially enjoy it if you're familiar at all with New Orleans.
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Summary: A Confederacy of DUNCES
Review: This is an amusing social commentary. The main character, Ignatius Jefferson Reilly, is a born loser. He is convinced that humanity was better off during the Middle Ages. Toole could not have chosen a more appropriate sletting for this novel: the seedy and licentious city of New Orleans. Reilly is humorous (I actually laughed out loud) not because he is fat and lazy, but rather he is acutely accurate, albeit morose in his judgement of human nature and personal character. He is also extrordinarily articulate. I hope they never try to make a movie out of this book because the Hollywood establishment would surely spoil it. Besides, Reilly would be furious. Highly recommended as an American classic.
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