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	Ink 19 :: Ken & Thelma: The Story of A Confederacy of Dunces
		The story of the publication of Confederacy of Dunces, Toole's one and only great mark on the artistic landscape is likely better known than the plot of the book itself -- even by a good deal of the people who have actually read it.
		Confederacy finally saw the light of day in 1980 thanks to the efforts of Toole's persistent, if overbearing mother, Thelma, subsequently winning the Pulitzer the following year, making its author the first to receive the coveted award after passing away.
		Fletcher's recounting of the lives of mother and son are told through his own eyes, beginning with his meeting Ken in the summer of 1960, through his unlikely friendship with Thelma after her son's death a decade later.
	www.ink19.com /issues/september2005/printReviews/kenAndThelma.html (599 words)

	40th Anniversary Highlights: 1979: A Confederacy of Dunces
		Ignatius Reilly, the anti-hero of John Kennedy Toole's tragicomic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, is one of the most memorable characters in American literature.
		A Confederacy of Dunces has since been published worldwide in 18 languages, and there are nearly two million copies in print.
		A Confederacy of Dunces continues to be recognized as a classic American novel.
	arts.endow.gov /about/40th/confederacy.html (395 words)

	A Confederacy of Dunces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide.
		The story is set in the city of New Orleans in the early 1960s.
		People who have cited A Confederacy of Dunces as their favorite book of fiction: Tucker Max and Artie Lange (who cites it as the only book he's ever read).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces (1775 words)

	40th Anniversary Highlights: 1979: A Confederacy of Dunces
		Ignatius Reilly, the anti-hero of John Kennedy Toole's tragicomic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, is one of the most memorable characters in American literature.
		A Confederacy of Dunces has since been published worldwide in 18 languages, and there are nearly two million copies in print.
		A Confederacy of Dunces continues to be recognized as a classic American novel.
	www.nea.gov /about/40th/confederacy.html (395 words)

	Powell's Books - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
		A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece that outswifts Swift, whose poem gives the book its title.
		Released by Louisiana State University Press in April 1980 and published in paperback in 1981 by Grove Press, A Confederacy of Dunces is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon.
		In 1969, frustrated at his failure to interest a publisher in A Confederacy of Dunces, he committed suicide.
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0802130208 (1209 words)

	A Confederacy of Dunces: Humor, Pathos, and The New Orleans That Used to Be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A Confederacy of Dunces: Humor, Pathos, and The New Orleans That Used to Be hiring freelance writers
		Believing in her son, and believing that A Confederacy of Dunces was truly a masterpiece, Thelma Toole rescued the hand-written manuscript and doggedly promoted it after his death.
		Playing another major character in Confederacy of Dunces is the city of New Orleans.
	recommendedreading.suite101.com /article.cfm/a_confederacy_of_dunces (709 words)

	Confederacy Of Dunces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		"Confederacy of Dunces" is a wonderful book full of memorable characters, illustrating the genius of a master taken too soon.
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	www.suite101.com /reference/confederacy_of_dunces (74 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole, Paperback, 1st Evergreen ed
		Awarded the Pulitzer Prize, A Confederacy of Dunces was not published until a decade after the death of the author.
		Satire and farce animate A Confederacy of Dunces; tragic awareness ennobles it." "Louisiana State University Press celebrates A Confederacy of Dunces' twentieth year with this anniversary edition, which includes a new introduction by Andrei Codrescu that examines the relationship of this modern-day classic to the city whose pulse it so brilliantly captures.
		In THE CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES the unique tempo and the slow pace of the overall development of the plot creates a feel of dreary, everyday life, while the immediate happenings tend to be absurd, ridiculous, or down right stupid.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0802130208&itm=1 (1238 words)

	A Confederacy of Dunces Running America Into the Ground \| BuzzFlash
		They are a confederacy of dunces who continue to threaten the national security of t he United States and the stability of the world.
		They have had five years to make a dent in defeating a splinter group of Islamic terrorists – and all they have managed to do – according to the unanimous opinion of their own intelligence agencies – is to increase the number of terrorists and the threat of terrorism to the United States.
		The Confederacy of Dunces should be relieved of their offices.
	www.buzzflash.com /articles/editorials/109 (3559 words)

	explore faith : Bookshelf : A Confederacy of Dunces
		The poignancy of Toole’s story is deeper still when you consider that his novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, was not published during his lifetime.
		The book opens with an epigraph from the great satirist, Jonathan Swift, that goes, “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” It’s impossible to think of a more apt way to begin the story of Ignatius J. Reilly.
		Ignatius teaches us that our failure to fit in all of the time is actually a grace, and we should let it remind us that we do not belong to this world, but to another world far greater.
	www.explorefaith.org /books/dunces.html (947 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: A Confederacy of Dunces
		Singing in a plain but pleasant voice, Dunbar (the band's songwriter, guitarist and pianist) displays a keen traditional melodic sense (hindered a bit by imperfectly pitched background vocals) and a pointed ear for social observation that makes him something of an American Glenn Tilbrook.
		From a rueful critique of modern music ("The Filler Years") to well-drawn portraits of common people ("Live for Lotto," "She Hates Good Looking Guys," "Ophelia"), Dunbar and the Dunces bring a realistic modern outlook to old-fashioned musical virtues.
		The Dunces fell apart, and Dunbar became a solo artist.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=a_confederacy_of_dunces (376 words)

	The development hell of A Confederacy of Dunces. - By Peter Hyman - Slate Magazine
		Kramer became one of the first of many readers to be seduced by the comic charms of A Confederacy of Dunces.
		Its publication came 11 years after author John Kennedy Toole committed suicide at the age of 32, and it reached print only because of the singular persistence of his mother, who harassed novelist Walker Percy so intently that he finally agreed to read the lone ink-smudged manuscript in her possession.
		Throughout Dunces' history, studio chiefs have been reluctant to bet on a colloquial story involving an overweight intellectual who avoids sex and is fond of alluding to Roman philosophers.
	www.slate.com /id/2155500 (1357 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| The Neon Bible
		In the early 1960s, Toole had rewritten A Confederacy of Dunces, sending it to New York from his native New Orleans for one revision after another.
		At the end of this literary game of cat and mouse, he was back where he started, the sole support of his mother and his father.
		The Neon Bible, published after A Confederacy of Dunces, is a book of memories told by the sheltered adolescent David (Jacob Tierney) during a train journey.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.03.96/neon-bible-9627.html (648 words)

	Powell's Books - A Confederacy of Dunces by
		Toole's book was eventually published, after his mother brought the work to the attention of Walker Percy and insisted that he read her son's manuscript.
		Percy became one of the novel's many admirers and The Confederacy of Dunces would eventually be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1981.
		Confederacy of Dunces is "brain candy." I loved it from beginning to end.
	www.powells.com /biblio/2-0802130208-22 (1194 words)

	Bloggledygook: A Confederacy Of Dunces. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ignatius, a 30-year old flatulent behemoth, self-proclaimed genius and one of the most lively characters ever to appear in print, is the focus of Toole's novel.
		There is now a new confederacy of dunces arrayed against the traumatized inhabitants of a destroyed American city.
		Government officials insist that the situation is under control while a split screen view of fires raging and thousands spilling out of the Superdome to catch some quasi-fresh air demonstrates that things are most definitely not under control.
	www.bloggledygook.com /bloggledygook/2005/09/a_confederacy_o.html (768 words)

	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
		A monument of sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern - this is Ignatius J Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces.
		If a book's price is measured against the laughs it provokes, A Confederacy of Dunces is the bargain of the year.
		Undoubtedly funny, the book lacks the plot to pull you along but remains memorable because of its superb language and the images of this city and its people that are conjured up.
	www.stokenewington.net /readinggroup/books/toole.html (471 words)

	A Confederacy Of Dunces film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		David has been in touch to advise that Miramax pulled out of funding A Confederacy of Dunces and the producers are still planning on filming the movie in spring.
		Filming on A Confederacy Of Dunces is thought to be taking place in New Orleans next spring.
		This page has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film and intellectual copyright holders of A Confederacy Of Dunces and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/c/confederacyofduncesa.shtm (499 words)

	A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
		A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980; eleven years after the author's suicide.
		First with the sinking feeling that it was not bad enough to quit, then with a prickle of interest, then a growing excitement, and finally an incredulity: surely it was not possible that it was so good.
		A Confederacy of Dunces: A Confederacy of Dunces Summary
	www.bookrags.com /A_Confederacy_of_Dunces (301 words)

	Darrouzet-Nardi book club: Confederacy of Dunces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mom: Confederacy of Dunces was one of my favorite book club selections.
		A friend of mine who has been working in Mississippi feeding Katrina refugees, had read Confederacy and said that Ignatius's mother and her friends are the people they are feeding down there.
		I talked to one friend about Confederacy and she felt the way Chris did, that she didn't find it all that funny and was massively bored two thirds of the way through.
	www.darrouzet-nardi.net /books/confederacy.html (2648 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: About A Confederacy of Dunces
		A Confederacy of Dunces is one of two novels written by John Kennedy Toole, the other being The Neon Bible, which he wrote at age 16.
		Following Toole's suicide, his mother sought out author Walker Percy and insisted that he read the manuscript of A Confederacy of Dunces.
		Later in life, after failing to get A Confederacy of Dunces published and becoming frustrated at having to live with and support his parents, Toole spiraled into depression and alcoholism.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/confederacyofdunces/about.html (412 words)

	John Kennedy Toole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both of these experiences inspired memorable scenarios in his great comic novel A Confederacy of Dunces.
		A Confederacy of Dunces was published in 1980, and Percy provided the foreword.
		Toole was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981, and the book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in 18 languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Toole (780 words)

	John Kennedy Toole
		Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul.
		Walker Percy's Foreword to A Confederacy of Dunces
		Perhaps the best way to introduce this novel -- which on my third reading of it astounds me even more than the first -- is to tell of my first encounter with it.
	www.levity.com /corduroy/toole.htm (847 words)

	BookBlog: A Confederacy of Dunces Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Andy, who moderated the book and also runs realityblurred.com, should be pleased to know that Heim reports being "utterly consumed by reality TV again." Suggestion for Heim: permalinks.
		John Kennedy Toole [A Confederacy of Dunces] - The movie version of our August 2002 selection continues to have trouble getting off the ground, but still stars Will Ferrell as Ignatius J. Reilly.
		The first movie that comes to my mind as one that I really hated, for some of the very reasons that Jaynee said she hated Dunces, is Thelma and Louise.
	www.bookblog.net /bbarchives/cat_a_confederacy_of_dunces.html (3233 words)

	The 25-Year, Ongoing Odyssey of 'Confederacy of Dunces: The Movie'
		When "Confederacy" was in galleys, the LSUP sent it to Kramer on the off chance that he might be interested.
		During the time Kramer has worked on "Confederacy," major names such as Stephen Fry, Harold Ramis, Scott Rudin and Steven Soderbergh have come and gone, and millions of dollars in development costs have accrued — but the project has not yet reached the screen.
		Thomas' novel is not alone in its development-hell experience, but perhaps no project's history is as tortuous as that of "Confederacy." After Kramer optioned the book in May 1980, a friend who had joined Johnny Carson's newly formed production company began to develop it.
	www.thebookstandard.com /bookstandard/news/hollywood/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000865382 (2141 words)

	The Funniest Book Ever Written: A Confederacy of Dunces - Associated Content
		The funniest book ever written has got to be A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
		A Confederacy of Dunces would be a legendary novel even if its author hadn't committed suicide, thereby creating the real-life amazing story of a determined mother hell-bent on getting her dead son's masterpiece published.
		While A Confederacy of Dunces has also earned its place in Hollywood history by being perhaps the most famous unfilmed script of the last twenty years, the story of how John Kennedy Toole's mother got it published-eventually earning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-would make an equally fascinating film.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/34208/the_funniest_book_ever_written_a_confederacy.html (569 words)

	Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole : Tickling, Giggling, Laughing
		A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole BIRTH OF THIS NOVEL 1976 Walker Percy received a telephone call from a mother who said her dead son wrote a novel in the sixtees which is very good, you should take a look, Walker Percy found this book so good, he got it published.
		Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole : Fanstastic characters, hilarious story.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/confederacy-of-dunces-john-kennedy-toole (241 words)

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