![]() ![]() This tale about a reclusive novelist and her young amanuensis, from the author of The Miniaturist, is read by the actor Hayley Atwell. A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole Penguin, 1981 - Mothers and sons - 338 pages 47 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. 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. He received a masters degree in English from Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. ![]() The actor, screenwriter and director narrates a series of autobiographical essays on illness, bereavement and the trauma of starring in Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen at the age of eight. John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans in 1937. ![]() Asked by Mancuso about his lack of employment, he replies, haughtily: “When my brain begins to reel from my literary labours, I make an occasional cheese dip.”Ī Confederacy of Dunces is available via Penguin Audio, 12hr 58min Further listening But none compare to the pompous, booming Ignatius, always expostulating about a world he believes has lost its values while overlooking his own idleness. The comic narrator Reginald D Hunter brings new life to a reprobate cast of characters: the cantankerous Claude Robichaux, who believes everyone to be a communist the doltish police officer, Mancuso, who is the butt of all jokes at his precinct and the put-upon Irene, who seeks solace in the wine she keeps hidden in the stove. ![]()
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