Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA Confederacy of Dunces 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, Chicago Sun-Times). Read more ISBN10 0802130208 ISBN13 978-0802130204 Edition 20th Anniversary ed. Language English Publisher Grove Press Dimensions 5.4 x 1.2 x 8.2 inches Item Weight 2.31 pounds Reading age 12 years and up Print length 416 pages Publication date January 21, 1994