{"product_id":"a-confederacy-of-dunces-9780802130204","title":"A Confederacy of Dunces","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is \"huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures\" (Henry Kisor, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Kennedy Toole\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Tulane University and received a master's degree in English from Columbia University. He taught at Hunter College, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and Dominican College in New Orleans. His only other novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Neon Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, is also published by Grove Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574417854738,"sku":"9780802130204","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_310f786e-1928-4a90-91e3-82074a9d0599.jpg?v=1731973290","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-confederacy-of-dunces-9780802130204","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}