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... might give you a different list tomorrow. But here's today's list:
The Lord of the Rings
The Book of the New Sun
A Confederacy of Dunces
Freddy and Fredericka
The Eyre Affair
All Mortal Flesh
The Universe is a Green Dragon
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Molly Ivins ...
I'm about 1/3 way into A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Loving it so far.
I admire your persistence in finishing Confederacy of Dunces . I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. Not my kind of humor at all.
88. A Confederacy of Dunces , John Kennedy Toole
I put down A Confederacy of Dunces last week and started Franny and Zooey to complete my "1001 books" category in the 999 challenge. I just wasn't into A Confederacy of Dunces right now, but I know I will ultimately read and like it. I plan to pick it up again next year. Enjoying F&Z in ...
... Lots of new choices here. The pile grows...
Ok, capricious, arbitrary, temporal, not in any order:
War and Peace
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Master and Margarita
The Brothers Karamazov Hilarious! Uplifting! Light!
The Illiad
Candide
Anna Karenina
Nostromo Honest! Esp ...
... Lots of new choices here. The pile grows...
Ok, capricious, arbitrary, temporal, not in any order:
War and Peace
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Master and Margarita
The Brothers Karamazov Hilarious! Uplifting! Light!
The Illiad
Candide
Anna Karenina
Nostromo Honest! Esp ...
... I've taken to listening to podcasts and lectures during my commute and don't make the time to read as much any more.
26) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
27) Nature Cure by Richard Mabey
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Funny in parts but I did not warm to any of the characters.
191. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Funny in parts but I did not warm to any of the characters.
... - Here is my review.
And now I am reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole to complete my "1001 Books" category for the 999 challenge.
Whew!
... Sun Also Rises, Crime and Punishment and Huckleberry Finn.
* The second funniest book I've ever read, right behind A Confederacy of Dunces , which I guess we can't quite put on the "classics" list, and right in front of Portnoy's Complaint, which may never be considered a classic, but ...
In USA. Just finishedQueen of the Damned by Anne Ride which was very good, and have started A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
...
In the spirit of keeping this Challenge alive and kicking, I'll do a quick review of the books I've read in October.
1. A Confederacy of Dunces - Meh. It was okay. Despite my not-liking one single character I couldn't seem to stop reading it.
2. All Quiet on the Western Front - Quite ...
Edited because I double clicked and there was a duplicate entry. I don't have a 1001 book on the go at the moment. Too many bookrings.
That's pretty much how I reacted to A Confederacy of Dunces too, wookiebender. (But then, I'm female. Mr livrecache thinks it's a riot – not that he'd express it that way, but he's positive about it.) Me, I'm rather glad the author didn't live to churn out any more such stuff. Or, rather, I'm ...
Well, A Confederacy of Dunces took me an age and a half! And it wasn't half as funny as To Say Nothing of the Dog, I don't know what that particular blurber was on when they said that.
Anyhow, I've finished my sojourn with Ignatius J. Reilly et al, and am moving on to:
A Fraction of the ...
And my cup of tea obviously gave me energy, because I finished A Confederacy of Dunces . (And then slept for five hours.) Can't say I enjoyed it - all the characters were most unlikeable, and there didn't seem to be any point in the plot (they're all still revolting at the end, and I like a bit of ...
... Thus far this year, I have read 120 books. I don't listen to audiobooks often (only one this year and that was a reread of A Confederacy of Dunces .
... you know!
However, I'm going to let this unfortunate incident slide for now, because I completely agree with you that A Confederacy of Dunces is incredibly sad, much in the same way that Infinite Jest is incredibly sad, despite both books being so renowned for their fall-down, drop-dead ...
...
I also prefer the original version of The Stand . Glad to find someone else who does.
Most people consider A Confederacy of Dunces The Neon Bible by ...
... others, but upon further reading and discovering several more plebeian titles in the mix, I decided to post mine.
01. A Confederacy of Dunces Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
03. Trinity by Leon Uris
0 ...
... write a story and lectures you on his military utopia that sounds awfully fascist in many respects.
Currently reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
... this approach is as time goes on.
And no, I am not going to commit suicide. :-) However, it makes me want to go read Confederacy of Dunces which has been on my tbr for a while.
... of writing. Every great writer has had his or her work rejected, later to sell millions, or otherwise be world renowned. Confederacy of Dunces was only published after the author committed suicide, after wave and wave of rejection.
As far as how to take rejection letters, the best advice ...
... books. Not sure what I'll pick up to replace it, maybe Julia Child's My Life in France, maybe I'll just settle down with A Confederacy of Dunces .
Maybe I should also pick up a bookring. Er.
... the diarrhea incident in particular.
O, & American Psycho. :) The Third Policeman / At Swim-Two-Birds. A Confederacy of Dunces .
Cormac McCarthy's Suttree's unexpectedly funny (the only book I've ever read with watermelon fucking), and one of his best.
My "funniest books" list would include Diary of a Nobody and Three Men and a Boat for sure--possibly , certainly A Confederacy of Dunces and indelibly The Sot-Weed Factor. Um, John Fowles' Mantissa? It's funny if you were a humanities major. (Speaking of which, my list would NOT include ...
... may be a Good Thing, I certainly rather like books of that ilk. :)
After a bit of pfaffing about, I've now settled on A Confederacy of Dunces as the commute read, and The Graveyard Book as my home read.
And I just bought Julia Child's autobiography, My Life in France and am *dying* ...
I'm currently in England with Sense and Sensibility, and occasionally in New Orleans with Ignatius J Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces .
... but I have no idea how they're going to get there. It's like I've just discovered a whole new Austen! Woot!
And A Confederacy of Dunces remains grotesque. But good.
... read it when I was six I won't be reading it now.
15 The Little Prince - no excuses. Probably should try it.
16 A Confederacy of Dunces - On Mount TBR - I'll get there.
ETA - What does that say about me? 1) I'm VERY old, and 2) I have far too much time on my hands.
... and I almost gave it an extra 1/2 star for that. But it wasn't quite enough.
Now back to the grotesqueness of A Confederacy of Dunces .
I lived in N.O. from 1968 to 1986, and read Confederacy of Dunces in the late 60's/early 70's. I felt that it gave a very true feel for N.O. and some of its characters.
... Fan by Lisa See
The First Man by Albert Camus
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
... I'm about to start Everything I Knew by Peter Goldsworthy, for a book group.
And I'm still reading in bits & pieces: A Confederacy of Dunces , Blindness, and Sense and Sensibility. I'm not focussing much at the moment!
... counting the 999/1010 challenges, it's hard enough to get the right ones in the categories sometimes.)
Just finished A Confederacy of Dunces and while I didn't hate it or love it, it was okay. Felt like a nice sense of place for New Orleans, and a nice dialect too. Having been there ...
68. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
I read this for my classics bookclub, and the reviews for it were mixed. I started out really disliking it (characters, plot, etc...) but couldn't stop reading for some reason. In the end, I do like the book and I found the books' rhythm ( ...
I did start A Confederacy of Dunces last month, but have put it to one side for a couple of bookgroup books (neither of which are 1001 books!). So I'm sort-of reading that one.
I'm going to try A Confederacy of Dunces .
... Know Our Velocity!
-Watership down
-Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-A Confederacy of Dunces
-At Swim-Two-Birds
-Deliverance
-Just a Couple of Days
-The Raw Shark Texts
-House of Leaves
-Eeeee Eee Eeee
-The Wasp Factory
...
... feature) and The Little Stranger, which I'm hoping to finish in time for First Tuesday bookclub. (And sort of reading A Confederacy of Dunces , which has been put to one side as I catch up with bookclub books.)
Slightly distracted from A Confederacy of Dunces , I'm now visiting The Hundred, a spooky old collapsing mansion in England, with Sarah Waters' The Little Stranger.
Getting in on the October theme reading a bit early!
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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
The Land of Spices by Kate O'Brien
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Odyssey (not a novel I know, but I couldn't resist) by Homer?
Germinal by Émile Zola
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor ...
@101 :: Thanks so much! From what you said, it sounds like we have similar tastes. :) Can't wait to see what you think of A Confederacy of Dunces ! Anyway, I'm plugging away at the challenge, and I'm really hoping to finish by the end of the year!
... gotten to Nancy Drew yet. I'm learning a lot about women's issues in the eary 20th century--fascinating!
When I tried Confederacy of Dunces I had exactly the same problem with the main character--it's why I gave up about a third of the way through. I'll probably give The Red and the Black ...
... Sleuth by Bobbie Ann Mason. I have that book fairly near the couch, and will be reading it sooner than later.
So far, Confederacy of Dunces is striking me as darkly comic noir. Unfortunately, so far Ignatious is not endearing. Ain't nobody to like yet. We'll see if it gets better as I get ...
Gosh, I didn't find Choke funny, so best I not try Snuff.
I read a A Confederacy of Dunces some years ago, unfortunately after meeting someone rather like the character while I was in San Francisco. It coloured my perception of the book somewhat, as not only being a bit strange, he was a ...
... for brunch this week - I've had a few too many sick days of late, and the work's beginning to pile up a bit...
Started A Confederacy of Dunces last night. A "1001" book. Strange, but good so far. (And still reading The Girl Who Played with Fire. But one needs a break from the tension ...
Started A Confederacy of Dunces last night. Strange, but interesting so far.
... in The Girl Who Played With Fire is all a bit too much sometimes, and am now in New Orleans with Ignatius J Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces .
... to LT? Well, thanks a lot! (I mean this both literally and sarcastically.) :-)
I haven't started either Poland or Confederacy of Dunces ...I should probably get a move on. I'm stuck reading Keri Arthur's Riley Jensen series. Darn her and her readable, cheesy, slightly pervy, mystery / ...
... this month. I guess I will get to check to see if the "Analysis" I just offered you holds water! :-)
How do you like Confederacy of Dunces ? I gave that one a try when it first came out--a lot of hula-ba-loo about the book prompted me to buy it. I just couldn't get into it so i didn't ...
... groups:
* Poland by James Michener
* Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color that Changed the World by Simon Garfield
* Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
... and Punishment
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (what, it's not a classic?)
The Crying of Lot 49
A Confederacy of Dunces
I didn't enjoy Heart of Darkness as much as i thought i might, and after trying The Secret Agent basically gave up on Conrad.
On the plus ...
... (The Wind in the Willows being the obvious choice!), I went with the blurb on the front cover, that this was as funny as A Confederacy of Dunces . And guess what I had near the top of Mt TBR?
So, once I've finished a few other books, I shall hop into the Confederacy .
I'm reading A Confederacy of Dunces too. I dimly recall reading it some years ago, and being either grossed out or bewildered by it. I forget which. I was very young anyway.
Starting A Confederacy of Dunces , so far pretty good.
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca - The Shipwrecked Men 21/11/2009
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Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces
Pulitzer: John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
Ignatius J. Reilly is one of a kind. He’s a grown man living with his mother in a squalid little house on Constantinople Street in New Orleans. He dresses absurdly, ignores the conventions of personal hygiene, and is plagued by a ...
... Leave him alone!
3: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Because cocaine's a hell of a drug.
2: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Even though that Ignatius treat his momma wrong.
1: Welcome to the N.H.K. by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. This book blew me away ...
From SDargusch library I'll pick A Confederacy of Dunces , it's on the 1001 list that I'm reading from, it won the pulitzer prize for fiction and I saw it in the bookshop yesterday and was almost tempted ;-)
Last week I bought Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp for my boyfriend. Confederacy is one of my favorite books too (and he really enjoyed as well--plowed through it in just a few days). I also bought The Hour I First Believed for myself, which I'm currently reading.
I ...
... college near me is doing a staged reading of Confederacy of Dunces this spring. I plan to go just because I can't believe they're even going to attempt it!
... you'll have to wait a while for that one.
Any book by Morgan Llywelyn, but especially Lion of Ireland
A Confederacy of Dunces Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All , Allan Gurganus
I Know This Much is True , Wally Lamb ...
... of award)
1.The Known World
2.Remains of the Day
3.The Grapes of Wrath
4.Rabbit is Rich
5.Rabbit at Rest
6.A Confederacy of Dunces
... few weeks. I'm looking forward to it, especially this book, as I hear it is laigh-out-loud funny.
The Story Sisters
A Confederacy of Dunces which I hear is the funniest book ever written.
Buffalo Snow Day: A novel which is a satrirical account of a billion dollar media scam which ...
... on the way there and The Blue Sword on the way back and both were delightful. Once this funk has passed I plan to start A Confederacy of Dunces .
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Bible
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
In no particular order, I love these books and each one has something ...
I was thinking of Myrna Minkoff for Confederacy of Dunces
And of course Behemoth from Master and Margarita. 'My favorite 5 foot tall cat.
Samwise Gamgee
Bertha Mason Rochester
Burma Jones (Confederacy of Dunces )
Horn (Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun)
Harriet Vane (if we think of her as suporting Lord Peter rather than as a main character)
Diarmuid, Matt, and Ivor (Guy Kay's Fionavar Tapestry)
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Property by Valerie Martin
The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum
City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
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Literary Snobs : At 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and Beyond (Jul 22, 2009, 5:54am)
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At 30, I was in my first year of teaching. I also divorced. Did I mention the toddler and twins? I read nothing. Except Confederacy of Dunces , which now seems somehow appropriate.
At 35, I read a lot of YA novels to try get hip with my students. No dice. They do remember me and my ...
... oman
Interview with the Vampire
Delta Venus
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Confederacy of Dunces
The Color Purple
Neuromancer
Flaubert's Parrot
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Cider House Rules
Love in the Time of Cholera
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... in the White City by Erik Larson
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky - All the Living by C.E. Morgan
Louisiana - Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Maine - In Search of L.L. Bean by M.R. Montgomery}
Maryland - Kindred by Octavia Butler
Massachusetts - Gardner ...
Behemoth from Master and Margarita
Ignatius Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces
Yossarian in Catch 22
Oh yeah, Molly Bloom in Ulysses, definitely. That last chapter was wild, sublime, surreal.
Candide and A Confederacy of Dunces are two of the funniest books ever written but they aren't exactly 100% happy.
The former deals with maimings and disasters. The latter, mental illness, pornography, alcoholism and long stints in public restrooms.
They are clearly the top two best ...
... of Dream by Soseki
2. Mishima's Sword by Christopher Ross
3. Forbidden Colours by Yukio Mishima
4. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
5. I, Claudius by Robert Graves
6. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
7. Borderliners ...
Well this is just the COOLEST thread!
I liked A Confederacy of Dunces but I understand why others may not have enjoyed it. Ignatius's absurdities just tickled me to death, particularly the whole thing with the hot dog cart.
I've not read many of the books listed because I'm not a big ...
Jessica === thanks for a great review...the Diaz book looks like one I would like. Have you ever read Confederacy of Dunces ? Oscar sounds like he could be an Ignatius..the central character in Dunces, which also won the Pulitzer by the way. I must get my hands on this new one to see if they ...
... by Jonathan Safran Foer
-Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
-The World According to Garp by John Irving
-A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Also have to agree with those who said Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
A Confederacy of Dunces
... audio and actually reading the book.
I'd also suggest the weird and entertaining such as Master and Margarita and A Confederacy of Dunces .
Enjoy!
Master and Margarita is literature. A Confederacy of Dunces is literature. Anna Karenina is literature. Twilight is simply "YA". That is all fine and good. The fact that full-adults read and enjoy it, just boggles my mind.
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92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie ...
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92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie ...
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92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie ...
... Barker.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Hmm, either Anna Karenina or Confederacy of Dunces . Can I make them read both if I have them tied up?
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Haruki Murakami, only because I ...
... Day By Day by Simone de Beauvoir
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Blindness by José Saramago
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong ...
I thought it had to do with the adult film industry. Total let down. My only advice to aspiring memoirists, act more like John Kennedy Toole , specifically when he got rejected from publishers.
... of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
And I have read some of the following seven
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
13 Ca ...
How about A Confederacy of Dunces . Or perhaps The Master and Margarita for some fanciful and satiracal humor.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Because he couldn't get his book published, he gassed himself in his car. His mother finally sold his book.
I thought the Pulitzer winning A Confederacy of Dunces was excellent, but it was a bit "draggy" and I understand how people feel the joke got a bit old.
My nemesis is Herodotus. I have been trying off- and-on for a couple years, to finish it.
... who would have thought Stalinism could have been so fanciful and funny.
I've another to add. Try the Pulitzer winning A Confederacy of Dunces .
...Or, how about A Confederacy of Dunces ? That's a pretty light one about some real crazy Nawlins' characters.
... only had one work published may not necessarily qualify under this topic but I personally would love to see a FS version of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. His descriptions of Igantius J Reilly, his mother and other characters from New Orleans would, I think, make perfect material ...
I've seen some discussions on other LT groups regarding the Pulitzer prize-winning A Confederacy of Dunces . I thought it was hilarious; others seem to feel it is sick, racist and sophomoric. Anyone's thoughts on this?
I FINALLY finished A Confederacy of Dunces - YEAH, ME!!! I did enjoy it although I don't think it will be one of my favorites. Definitely glad that I read it though and thanks again to all those here who recommended it. I am most likely going to finish Home Schooling today and start on The B ...
8. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - while I can't say I love this book (which is pretty obvious by how long it took me to read it), I will say that I did enjoy it and found parts of it very amusing. I am definitely glad that I read it and, once again, thank those here who ...
I had to force myself to finish A Confederacy of Dunces ; it was so irritating.
I didn't own the 1001 book until Christmas so I wasn't choosing books specifically from the list.
... like a broken record or anything (hopefully most of you still remember and can relate to that cliche), I am still reading A Confederacy of Dunces . I have made some progress though and should be finished in a day or so. I know, I know - I have said that before but I really mean it this time. ...
... in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8. White Noise - Don DeLillo
9. Neuromancer - William Gibson
10.Confederancy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
11. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino
12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
13. Humbolt ...
Yes, I agree that Inkdrinker produced an excellent list for a 17-year old boy. How about also A Confederacy of Dunces . Plenty of dark, sophomoric humor. Perfect for any 17-year old!
... one of my favorites. And, you get to learn a bit about Stalinist Russia while you enjoy!
I would consider the humor of A Confederacy of Dunces rather dark also.
Since A Confederacy of Dunces is going along so slowly, I decided I better start reading one of my other library books. I have started Home Schooling which is a collection of short stories. The first one was very moving and disturbing at the same time. This looks like a very good collection ...
... really should finish.
A few examples of books I couldn't finish:
* A true history of the Kelly gang: Peter Carey
* A confederacy of dunces: John Kennedy Toole
* Ludmila's broken english: DBC Pierre
These are highly acclaimed books, prizewinners, some, but I couldn't bring myself ...
I am still reading A Confederancy of Dunces and have barely made a dent in it. I have to confess, though, to a decidedly very light week of reading. I have been going through some old magazines trying to clear some of the clutter out of here so read a few of those one or two nights. Also, I ...
The funniest books I've read would include (in no particular order):
A Confederacy of Dunces (I think it helps greatly if you've lived in New Orleans or have relatives from there, as I did)
A House for Mr. Biswas
White Teeth (I'll never forget the "Niece-of-Shame"!)
The Mystic Masseur
...
I loved both A Confederancy of Dunces and Middlesex. I seem to enjoy the fringes of society, at least in my reading.
I am currently reading A Confederancy of Dunces which I am enjoying so far but not exceedingly so. Hopefully, it will pick up a bit.
... dide
Fathers and Sons
War and Peace
The Sound and the Fury
The Master and Margarita
Anna Karenina
Lolita
A Confederacy of Dunces
Of course Rivethead and Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales occupy a special place in my heart...
(...quietly shuffles out, away ...
I found Tristram Shandy to be a very funny book. Ditto for A Confederacy of Dunces --but I lived in New Orleans for 18 years, and being familiar with the places and character types is helpful.
i couldn't get into A confederacy of dunces either - didn't come close to finishing it.
oops, forgot - Nick Hornby can be really good, so can Chuck Klosterman sex, drugs and cocoa puffs
... with a lot on that list! In particular, although I know there will be loud disagreement with this, the unreadable (for me) Confederacy of Dunces .
But I have to enthusiastically fourth or fifth the recommendation of Cold Comfort Farm.
Probably, my favorite funny book of all time is the ...
... privilege of knowing. And did I mention how much I HATE James Patterson's writing style!!!!?????
Tomorrow, I will begin A Confederacy of Dunces which has gotten many mixed reviews here on LT but is also where I learned about it so I have some high hopes.
... to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979)
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome (1889)
Wilt by Tom Sharpe (1976)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (1938)
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen ...
... teaching at the moment, so I don't have time for serious thought. Ironic, eh?)
Anna Karenina - always tops the list
Confederacy of Dunces
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Candide
East of Eden
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Faust
One Hundred Years of Solitude
... hole where his emotions should be. He's such an interesting character - he reminded me of the self-obsessed Ignatius from A Confederacy of Dunces , mixed with the emptiness and the loneliness of the outsider Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited, and in spite of his selfishness and self-delusi ...
Finished A Confederacy of Dunces yesterday, and am now reading Truman Capote's Breakfast At Tiffany's
Finished reading A Confederacy of Dunces which was fantastic. Started reading Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote and am a quarter of the way through. Considering this, should be a rather quick read that I'll hopefully finish tonight.
60. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Probably one of the most interesting yet hilarious books I have ever read. Whichever publisher rejected this back when Toole was trying to get it published, was an idiot. Interesting story behind the book, but an even more interesting ...
Still reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and it's pretty amazing. Toole was a genius, and I wonder how no one saw that whilst he was alive.
... books.
I agree with Booksloth, dianestm - please tell us which you liked the best. And tell me what you thought of A Confederacy of Dunces .
I had a great reading month. Here are my books in order read:
Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich ***1/2 Historical fiction. I ...
... way
Black Sheep by Yvonne Collins - 4 stars, a funny look at reality shows, the contestants and the false portrayal
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 3 stars, completely mad
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 4 stars, heart wrenching story of a father and son with a ...
I have about 150 pages left to read of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and it is fantastic so far.
... 3 that don't count.
1. Classics/Literature 8/9
1. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (DONE 2/21/09)
2. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (READING)
3. The Lost World - Doyle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (DONE 6/26/09)
4. Barchester Tower ...
... have risked being overlooked."
The only one I have is Angela Carter's Heroes and Villains. I thought that I had A Confederacy of Dunces but it has 'walked'!
36. Yes, it's my first time reading A Confederacy of Dunces and I'm certainly enjoying it so far.
I guess how one reads A Confederacy of Dunces depends on how you feel the author is presenting the characters. I saw it as compassionate and therefore the humor and fun were fabulous. It was also so very very New Orleans. I can see, however, if it felt like the author was not compassionate, it ...
... a book for Iraq yet when I saw the presentation for House to House, and after the presentation I had to read it.
About A confederacy of Dunces , sorry couldn't disagree more. It was one of the most vile books I have ever read. I didn't find it funny, it was more like making fun of a poor, ...
#35 and 36 - A Confederacy of Dunces is great! I read it and then listened to the audio version. The narrator was nothing short of brilliant when portraying Ignatius and Jones.
... I'd Tell You I love you, But then I'd Have to Kill You is a great title!!
>35 trinah, is this your first trip through A Confederacy of Dunces ? If so, I am so envious. It was a thrill for me to read that book the first time.
On the OTHER hand, a second read of The Janissary Tree wasn' ...
Finished Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates this morning, and am now just beginning A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
71. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, 2006
72. Burger's Daughter, 2008
73. The Name of the Rose, 2005
74. Confederacy of Dunces , 2004
75. Midnight's Children, 2008
76. The Color Purple, 2008
77. Shame, 2004
78. The Handmaid's Tale, 2007
79. Love in the Time of Cholera, 200 ...
... here on LT:
1. The Coffee Trader by David Liss
2. Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
3. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
4. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
5. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
6. The Post-Birthday ...
I lived in New Orleans for 20 years, and characters like those in A Confederacy of Dunces were common. The city of New Orleans itself is such an important part of the novel. I'm afraid that after Katrina many of the people that made New Orleans the unique place it was are no longer there. I ...
Book No. 16
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
3 stars
The character of Ignatius Reilly will haunt me. In this case, the character also weighs 300 pounds, and alternates between selling hotdogs, screaming at his mother, and lying around on stained, mildewy sheets as he writes ...
26. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Finished 18 January 09
... 2000
232. A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul, 1980
233. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 1982
234. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 1984
235. *Rites of Passage by William Golding, 2008
236. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 1981
237. Rabbit ...
I also loved A Confederacy of Dunces . But I too can see that there's a fine line between satire and making fun of the mentally ill or at least, the socially dysfunctional.
Cold Mountain was indeed painfully boring. If you must read an "on-the-road-home-after-the-war" story, read The Odysse ...
... I needed something exciting, and it really fits the bill.
Now I am going back to the "Queens" and also finishing up A Confederacy of Dunces .
But as of right now the count is "1". :)
... Eudora Welty - The Optimist's Daughter
3. Booth Tarkington - The Magnificent Ambersons
4. John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces
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IV. Shakespeare plays
1. Two Gentlemen of Verona
2. Love's Labour's Lost
3. Romeo and Jul ...
I'm doing a Pulitzer category! So far, here are the books I'm thinking of:
1. John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
2. Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons (I've got this one from the library already)
3. Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
4. Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth
...
I'm also planning to read Confederacy of Dunces for my prize winners category, though I probably won't start it until March/April. I look forward to reading your review of it. I did attempt it last year but it was the wrong book for me at that time so I'm going to give it another go as so many ...
A Confederacy of Dunces ?
... - Roccie Hill
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett
* A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Men At Arms - Terry Pratchett
The Crimson Petal And The White - Michael Faber
Heat: An Amat ...
I am reading three books right now.. The Mighty Queens Of Freeville, A Confederacy Of Dunces , and A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston (touchstones not working). I am enjoying the first two, but am still unsure about the Charlie Huston book... I will reserve judgment on it until it is finished.
1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kenndey Toole
'One of those books that makes one feel inadequate. I loved it, but found that what it was trying to say was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't quite grasp it. I felt very inadequate when I finished this one, but Ignatius J Reilly is one of ...
... racy
The Omnivore's Dilemma
The Last Lecture
Outliers
Hot, Flat and Crowded
And for fiction,
The Plague
A Confederacy of Dunces
Vanity Fair
The Master and Margarita
War and Peace
...
World Without End by Ken Follett
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Duma Key by Stephen King
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Mudbound by HIllary Jordan
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Host by Steph ...
Dear FicusFan,
Just so you know, A Confederacy of Dunces is recommended by Hallie Ephron Ph.D. in her new work 1001 Books for Every Mood. Perhaps you were not in the mood for this kind of writing. Perhaps many others would actually enjoy it, when they're in the mood. What mood were you in? ...
Lady C...you are in for such a treat! Confederacy of Dunces is probably my all time favorite book in the world. I first read it in 1982 for the first book discussion group I ever did. My neighbor and I went together and we spent hours laughing and crying over poor Ignatius Reilly - the main ...
... The Gods Will Have Blood
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
3. Pulitzer winners
- John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
- Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons
- Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: ...
Finished
A Confederacy Of Dunces (even funnier the third time!)
Soul Music
Reading
American Pastoral
Reading Lolita In Tehran
A Long Way Gone
Three Minutes On Love
(Also still reading a few pages of either Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets or The Tales of Beedle The ...
# 72, A Confederacy of Dunces is one of my all time favourite books, Ignatius is so repugnant and hilarious. I think i'll read it again as well next year.
... disturbing than I imagined, and now reading Soul Music, because Terry Pratchett pretty much owns me.
Also rereading A Confederacy of Dunces because we all need a little Ignatius J. Reilly in our lives.
... and arbitrary choices:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
All Quiet on the Western Front
Anna Karenina
A Confederacy of Dunces
Fathers and Sons
The Human Comedy
The Sound and the Fury
The Master and Margarita
Things Fall Apart
Don Quixote
WHY do these things always happen on the ONE NIGHT I have plans! Oh, Fortuna, why do you spin so mockingly?! (Sorry. Had an A Confederacy of Dunces moment.
... Kazuo Ishiguro - 2 stars
5. A Crime in the Neighborhood: Suzanne Berne - 4 stars
6. A Confederacy of Dunces : John Kennedy TooleThe Road: Cormac McCarthy - 4 stars
8. Ella Minnow Pea: Mark Dunn - ...
... ribly.
And I just bought The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, mainly because something about the summary reminds me of Confederacy of Dunces . I hope I don't hate it.
I did like Special Topics in Calamity Physics, even though I do understand people's irritation.
I liked The Thirteent ...
... I too would like to see more Tom Wolfe, more Vonnegut, as well as Hunter S. Thompson, Kesey, On the Road, A Confederacy of Dunces and a reprinting of Evelyn Waugh.
I would also like to see FS complete J.G. Farrell's Empire trilogy by adding Troubles and The Singapo ...
re #162
I like the idea of A Confederacy of Dunces and how about The Memory of Running
... actually read 52 from the list. Now I wish I'd written them down.
I do remember seeing that one of my all time favorites Confederacy of Dunces made the list - funny I haven't read it this year, but have read it at least 5 times. Others I remember were somthing by Lawrence Durell--one of my ...
I like the idea of A Confederacy of Dunces . How about In Cold Blood or has that been done? On the Road deserves it too.
I still say that Maugham is way underserved by the Folio Society.
... so-called "counter-culture" books, more Vonnegut (Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle... hell, a whole box set) and A Confederacy of Dunces would be most welcome. And what about Revolutionary Road?
38. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Well, I am totally out of this conversation. My TBR pile is about 200 books. I may re-visit A Confederacy of Dunces and others - next century.
Irritating and also the most interesting and perhaps even (gasp) loveable: Ignacious Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces
... and when that is done earnestly rather than ironically - for instance in A Prayer for Owen Meany in contrast to A Confederacy of Dunces ; both books have super-charged main characters but Owen is merely a clumsy cipher for the Christian allegory tale whilst Ignatius is the reason for ...
45. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole - A very entertaining novel, yet with deep meaning. Quite enjoyable... and recommended.
Book talk : Guess The Book Mk 5 (Oct 30, 2008, 5:05pm)
Is it from A Confederacy of Dunces perhaps?
I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces a Pulitzer prize winner about some N'awlins crazies.
I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces , certainly one of the funniest of Pulitzers.
I just finished hearing Barrett Whitener read A Confederacy of Dunces (Blackstone Audiobooks Inc.) and I thought it was great! I didn't laugh out loud too much, but I did crack a smile the whole time through. 'Not sure if it was the same version as GeorgiaDawn, but it was a fun "read".
Some ...
'Done with A Confederacy of Dunces . Now that's just one funny book. Best characters in a novel. Wow!
I've moved on to Vanity Fair.
26. A Confederacy of Dunces . I really enjoyed this Pulitzer prize-winner. Now that's one funny book, about one of the most pompous, self-centered, flatulent, dysfunctional, grotesque, wonderful characters ever to shuffle the streets of N'awlins.
Well, in August I thought 50 books might be ...
... more than the sloowwwerrr Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
I'm just finishing up on that wacky Pulitzer winner, A Confederacy of Dunces . Not a classic (yet).
As for true classics, I'm back to reading Herodotus. Maybe this time I'll be able to get past Egypt!
... A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madelene L'Engle (Fantasy)
And I would recommend most of these to others. (I really did not enjoy A Confederacy of Dunces .
Just a wild and hairy guess...A Confederacy of Dunces ?
I'm listening to A Confederacy of Dunces , a Blackstone recording. I'm half-way through, it still makes me crack a smile and I haven't tired of it yet.
... things are clearly there in the shop that aren't on the catalogue, including the sought after and previously out of stock A Confederacy of Dunces .
So I began to start my therapy with some RETAIL therapy, there was an Anime sale at JB Hi Fi I had been meaning to check out downstairs, and I ...
... The Worm Ouroboros
Lit: Huck Finn, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Romance: The Lions of al-Rassan
Humor: A Confederacy of Dunces , Freddy and Fredericka
humor/mystery/fantasy: The Eyre Affair
... March - written by an Aussie ex-pat, and To Kill a Mocking Bird.
What was the book you abandoned? For me, it was A Confederacy of Dunces . Maybe I should give it another chance. Have you read that one?
... can withstand the scrutiny of my jaded 45 year old eyes.
Anyone else going through this dilemma? Scared to death that CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES isn't nearly as good as you remember?
I really hated A Confederacy of Dunces . I thought it was repulsive. I also disliked The Historian it was soooo boring. Both were book group reads.
And I hated both Matthew Pearl's books The Poe Shadow and The Dante Club. I just can't stand his writing. I never finished the Poe book. ...
... A con job from cover to cover. And his monsters stink- they're contrived, derivative concoctions.
The other would be A Confederacy of Dunces - An introvert's callow wet dream where personal sloth and gluttony are passed off as the attributes of a rebel, and racial and sexual stereotyping ...
... iking)
1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Harcourt Brace)
1982 Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (Knopf)
1981 A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole (a posthumous publication) (Louisiana State U. Press)
1980 The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (Little) ...
Agree that Confederacy of Dunces (especially funny) and Sue Townsend's Diaries of Adrian Mole can make you laugh.
Another book that is almost as laugh-out-loud funny as Confederacy of Dunces is Mike Nelson's Death Rat. Adding to the Brit humor list, Decline and Fall and Sue Townsend's ...
... I call them Icy Bees (ICBs): InCompetent Boobs.
Writing is cyclical, just don't go and pull a John Kennedy Toole -- A Confederacy of Dunces . May be a while, but take heart, there will eventually be a change in management. ;)
My 43rd book was A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. I borrowed it from my son.
... Job: leader of a team of technical writers
Pets: none
Favorite Book (so far): changes regularly. Today I'll say A Confederacy of Dunces
Favorite Movie (so far): another tough call. Today I'll say Much Ado about Nothing
Favorite TV shows: Jeopardy, Coupling, Hill Street Blues
...
A Confederacy of Dunces , and Catch-22 are the funniest I've read so far.
I have to second A Confederacy of Dunces . I also love David Sedaris, especially Me Talk Pretty One Day. I also remember having a really good time with The Rachel Papers, though it has been a really long time and I don't remember why. (Perhaps I need to reread it.)
A Confederacy of Dunces is the funniest book I ever read. Don Quixote is probably second.
I was not expecting Emma to be so funny, but that was my own ignorance about Austen in action.
The Thursday Next books are a hoot. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is good too, but for ...
... tried my other hated books and am pleased to say I still cannot abide Tristram Shandy (what *was* the author drinking?) A Confederacy of Dunces and Wuthering Heights.
I'd also like to add the book by Clive Cussler someone left on the train which was so badly written (at one stage ...
... the others, just for the heck of it, and to keep with the tradition of not keeping it to just one, in no particular order: Confederacy of Dunces , The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, East of Eden, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Candide. Jeez, I couldn't even keep it to top five.
... The Left Hand of God by William E. Barrett are really good, and have nothing "objectionable" that I can remember.
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is really really funny. I first heard about it on LT, myself. But it definitely has "objectionable" scenes, as does The Th ...
... Thread of Grace and am waiting for her current one Dreamers of the Day to go into paper (December I think).
Hated Confederacy of Dunces , thought the whole idea was to make fun of a poor, ill-educated, retarded person with no resources.
I had one of the books I ordered canceled ...
>211/217 I'm with you Sydamy, Confederacy of Dunces just didn't do it for me. I had heard from a lot of people I trusted that it was a great read, but for me it fell pretty much flat. I can see why people might like it, but personally, no thanks.
>211 sydamy, Liked What is the What but ix-nay on Confederacy of Dunces . I loved Confederacy so my feelings of trepidation are a widge escalated. I will report back here with an impression, though it's my policy that books not receiving 3 stars (fine if you're a fan, no recommendation) ...
... what a life Valentino has had. I have Heartbreaking Work on my shelf, unread, I hope its not all bad. Which brings me to Confederacy of Dunces .... You don't have to guess which camp I'm in - I listened to the audio book, and I really should have been discussing this in abandoned books, only I ...
#209 thekoolaidmom, regarding A Confederacy of Dunces I didn't loathe it, but I found the main character so unlikable that I could barely finish the book. I know that's supposed to sort of be the point, but the irony wasn't enough for me.
In the mail today I got:
From PBS: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. I've heard two camps on this book: Hated it and it's absolute drivel or It's the most brilliant book ever. It'll be interesting to see which camp I join.
From BookMooch: The Gunslinger and The Dra ...
My goal for the summer has been reached!
Having finished A Confederacy of Dunces today, I've finally accumulated 100 books from the list! And my TBR stacks are finally starting to show signs of decreasing!
Updated my list (message 68) to reflect the accomplishment!
@#29: Glad to hear! He's a brilliant author, and I'm really happy you liked his work.
Momentous day: having finished A Confederacy of Dunces , I've now officially finished 100 books from the list!
Next on the docket is If on a winter's night a traveler.
... Pale View of Hills and will FINALLY finish both Amerika and A Tale of a Tub by the end of the day today.
Next up is A Confederacy of Dunces and probably If on a winter's night a traveler, though I've kind of abandoned A la recherche du temps perdu and may need to return to that as ...
I just finished World War Z by Max Brooks in audiobook format. It was wonderful!
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is very good as an audiobook.
... At one point everyone I knew was reading The Dive From Clausen's Pier and I could barely finish it.
I also didn't like A Confederacy of Dunces
#111, #112, 113, etc. I must be one of the ones who didn't "get it" because I just couldn't get very far in A Confederacy of Dunces when I tried to read it years ago (when it first came out and was so widely praised). I disliked it so much it's one of the few books I ever got rid of!
I just ...
109, 111, 112, 117 - I tried reading Confederacy of Dunces and really struggled getting into it. Last week, I finished the audio version and it was hilarious! I listened mostly while walking and I received more than a few strange looks when I laughed out loud! The reader was amazing! I highly ...
Woohoo! for Confederacy of Dunces ........in my opinion a fantastic book!
#111 Who's been speaking ill of A Confederacy Of Dunces ? Who?! I will cut them, I say! I love that book. Either it makes you insanely happy, or you just don't get it. But if you do, it's one of the the best reading experiences of your life.
This weekend I read:
A Dirty Job
The Book of L ...
>109 Glad to hear it about A Confederacy of Dunces . It's been in my TBR pile for a while and I've heard so much negative vibe about it I keep putting it off.
I am in the midst of A Confederacy of Dunces , a book I've started several times but am now fully immersed. This has to be one of the funniest and best written books I've read in a long time. I am sorry I haven't read it sooner.
I will definitely read World Without End, but I had to take a break!
#43 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 416 pages
Total Pages = 14044
A Confederacy of Dunces ! When I first started this book, I didn't think I'd get past more than two or three chapters. However, the characters are so absurd that they are hilarious!
... Gabaldon and Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Chrisite. I love MIss Marple!
I'm listening to A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
#2 Sam - I'm currently listening to A Confederacy of Dunces and it's wonderful! I, too, have laughed out loud when the reader is speaking as Ignatius J. Riley. I had started reading the book a couple of times and struggled getting into it. I'm very pleased with the audio version.
I don't think I could pick a favorite, but my top fifteen list would definitely include Candide, A Confederacy of Dunces , Straight Man, Cold Comfort Farm and The World According to Garp and My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber, Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym, any of Wodehouse's Jee ...
... is that my knees don't hurt anymore and I've added another set of bleachers. I'm also making alot of progress listening to A Confederacy of Dunces . :)
... student here.
Right now I'm in the middle of reading several books outside of the ones I have to read for Honors — A Confederacy of Dunces , Mouse or Rat?, and The Best of Wodehouse, because you can't go wrong with a Wodehouse yarn.
... currently reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I hope to finish it over the weekend.
I'm listening to A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
I really want to read The Terror by Dan Simmons, but I may need a break after Pillars!
... and still reading The Landmark Herodotus has slowed my production toward the 50 books for the year. I am listening to A Confederacy of Dunces and will pull out some of my shorter volumes in the TBR stack to pick up the pace. I am reaching half-way in Herodotus just starting the Persian ...
... Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite authors), and A Confederacy of Dunces , but I can see why other people might not feel the same.
No hesitation: A confederancy of Dunces made me loath reading for a while. I seldom finish the books I don't like, but by the time if you hadn't read this one (and praised it) you would be so off... I was called names for saying it was rubbish. I still think so. It was not edited in the author's ...
I really disliked A Confederacy of Dunces and don't care whether you are supposed to like the main character or not. The whole purpose of the book seems to me to be to make fun of a person who is retarded, poor, and with limited resources.
The other really offensive book was something that ...
... It's generally comic and the main character, though not as delusional as the indelible character of Ignatius J. Reilly from Confederacy of Dunces , has the same pompous over-bloated sense of personal style.
Frankly I'm not sure that's all coming from Soseki as much as it is from Umeji Sasaki, ...
... Tale so much. What a fabulous read! I can't think of anything to compare it to. I think the closest I can come is A Confederacy of Dunces , in the type of humor, but there's much, much more to F&F. He goes a little slowly in a few places, but there are so many wonderful scenes that I'll ...
I thought A Confederacy of Dunces was pretty funny, but I must say I mentally blocked that bit, because I don't recall it at all. Ignatius was repulsive beyond imagination, but I guess I've always had a sick sense of humour. I blame it on my brothers making me watch Monty Python when I was only ...
I would say A Confederacy of Dunces was the most offensive book I've read...but I couldn't make it past the first 50 pages, where the main character jerks off thinking about his dog. Even though it was for class, I just. Couldn't. Read it.
I've since been assured by my professor that you're SUP ...
... book, The Raw Shark Texts).
Before the month is done, depending on how work goes, I'm also hoping to knock off A Confederacy of Dunces and Rebecca. Busy busy!
Loved Villette.
How about A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole?
Loved Villette.
How about A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole?
... through LOTR or The Hobbit. I can't even get through the audio CDs of LOTR.
I read but disliked Sophie's World, A Confederacy of Dunces , The Alienist.
Couldn't finish The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Read 1 1/2 pages of Ahab's Wife. Read one paragraph of Pilgrim at Tinker Cre ...
Confederacy of Dunces . One of my personal favorites.
... be rereading it. The third book, Ptolomy's Gate, was especially good.
If we're changing genres, definitely pick up A Confederacy of Dunces . The first two chapters are a little choppy but the book is a modern classic. Also Michael Malone's Handling Sin and his academic literary hoax ...
... G. K. Chesterton
The Best of Myles by Myles na Gopaleen
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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Tony Kornheiser Tony's column used to be in our daily paper. When he was dropped I wrote, ...
... Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Well, many of the works on those lists that I have read have comic passages or are very funny. For example, Confederacy of Dunces , Middlesex, Kavalier and Clay, Midnight's Children, Amsterdam. They may not be written solely as comedies, but humour is used throughout to bring out the ...
Ironically, Confederacy of Dunces uses quite a bit of language that would be lost on an actual dunce.
Tom Perrotta's Little Children is based on Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
I'm not sure if you consider A Confederacy of Dunces a classic yet, but Andrew Fox's Fat, White Vampire Blues is an homage to it.
There's lots of updated Shakespeare - Julie and Romeo for example.
Anna Karenina. Followed in no particular order by: Confederacy of Dunces , East of Eden, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
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4: Dune (here )
8: The Subtle Knife
17: A Confederacy of Dunces Fight Club: A Novel
32: Breakfast of champions
36: Twilight (
#13 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Also a "top of the head" list:
Catch 22
The Sun Also Rises
A Confederacy of Dunces
Heart of Darkness
Catcher in the Rye
The Ghost Writer and Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
I can tell you for sure that it's not Confederacy of Dunces , cg.
Confederacy of Dunces ?
... fixed, and has needed fixing for a long time.
Edited to add a few more items to the list ("good measure")
16. A Confederacy of Dunces Fight Club
31. Breakfast of Champions
38. Twilight (no touchstone; author is Stephenie Meyer)
42. Quic ...
I thought A Confederacy of Dunces was hilarious. My favorite character was Jones. I loved him finding out everything he could about Ignatius. And of course I thought the ending of the book very fitting.
A Confederacy of Dunces is the single funniest book I've ever read. I was living in New Orleans when it came out, and boy did Toole hit the nail on the head with his portrayal! Whoa!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is funny, too, but the best version of it is not the book or the movie ...
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Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
The Liar by Stephen Fry
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
13. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
14. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
... rest of the audience is sobbing at what they believe to be an emotionally wrenching scene. Think of Ignatius O'Reilly in CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES (only I'm thinner, sane and don't wear big floppy hats). I stand outside a theatre as people stream past and re-enact scenes to the merriment of my ...
Today I broke down and bought War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Brothers Karamazov, Vanity Fair and A Confederacy of Dunces . I think this might keep me busy for a long time.
... his best one. It was just ok.
Currently Reading: The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Tonight I will start on A Confederacy of Dunces since I have it from the library and its due soon. I'm trying to read one library book and one book I own at the same time. That way I can make ...
... the Time of Cholera
Harriet Vane from Gaudy Night and others
Matt Soren from The Fionavar Tapestry
Burma Jones from A Confederacy of Dunces
Marion from Bimbos of the Death Sun
Kip from The English Patient
Hazel from Watership Down
Casey Jones from Legwork et seq.
Elvis Cole ...
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*The Subtle Knife
*Anansi Boys: A Novel
*A Confederacy of Dunces Fight Club: A Novel
*Breakfast of Champions
*Twilight
*Night Watch (the Pratchett book; the nearest ...
... other people--people who (otherwise) have a good sense of humour--don't see it and just think it's dumb. I think the Confederacy of Dunces is just one of those books that is disliked as much as it's liked.
Probably read Acts of Worship by Yukio Mishima next...
after that either Confederacy of Dunces or The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. I am waiting for the latter in the mail. I just ordered the complete Sleeping Beauty Trilogy using a gift card I received for Christmas.
... Brinkley
Disaster by Christopher Cooper and Robert Block
Come Hell or High Water by Michael Eric Dyson
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
... like: EM Forster wrote Maurice soon after A room with a view, but it wasn't published until after his death, and Confederacy of dunces wasn't published until quite a while after the author's death. In those cases, I shelve by approximate dates written, not year published; I want my ...
A Confederacy of Dunces , hands-down. It's hilarious. The protagonist is unique and absolutely unforgettable. If you've seen South Park, imagine Cartman at age 30 with a medieval fetish and an annoyingly large vocabulary.
Fiction:
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Non-Fiction:
The Rebel by Albert Camus
Revolt of the Masses by Jose Ortega y Gasset
The Orientalist by Tom Reiss ...
I just finished Confederacy of Dunces on audio. It was good but not what I expected. Not sure what I expected but it wasn't that. I also finished A Puzzle in a Pear Tree. I like crosswords so I can't resist a crossword themed cozy.
I'm still reading What is the What. An "autobiography" ...
#31, bookworm12, I just wanted to let you know you are not alone. I HATED A Confederacy of Dunces , which I tried to read when it first came out and was much touted -- couldn't get through it.
... what it was about it, but I didn't like it at all.
Also, and I know I'm in a serious minority here, but I didn't like A Confederacy of Dunces . I just felt really disappointed in it and it took me a long time to get through because it felt like a chore to read.
3. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole (Finished Nov 26) 394 pgs
To be honest, after all the hype I expected a lot more out of this book. I did enjoy it, and the characters were very funny and well developed. I'm not sure about its placement on the top 100 Novels list, but still worth the ...
#48 - Ahhhh, A Confederacy of Dunces , another Must Re-read for me!
Oh, and back to Tom Robbins, I know a lot of women who like his books as well. I think it's the mustache...
Just picked up A Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole and The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe.
I love gift cards to bookstores!
... be put into that category). The writing style fit perfectly in with the actual histories that I have read.
Now onto:
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Toole Started Nov 14.
... I wish more people would try it.
Oh, we need a touchstone. Here's one that evokes the same sort of pity/revulsion in me: Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
... vote, anyway - solely on the strength of his campaign promise that he will lead a book discussion in the near future on A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, one of my all-time favorite books, which means we won't have to hear about What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bo ...
... the world. I'll even post my next book to be studied up front, depending on the throughness of discussion of Crews' book: "A Confederacy of Dunces " by John Kennedy Toole, named the National Book Award winner after it became published posthumously, and already acclaimed as "literature" by ...
... anything in my TBR, so I went to the bookstore and got one of those "classics" I haven't gotten around to yet. I'm reading A Confederacy of Dunces , and it's unbelievably wonderful and hilarious. Why did I wait so long?
... or The Subtle Knife (although I did like the second one better) so I blew off The Amber Spyglass and I'm now reading A Confederacy of Dunces . When you can't decide what to read, always pick a classic that you've missed.
This book is hilarious. Why did I wait so long?
Could that be John Kennedy Toole in Confederacy of Dunces ?
I tried to read a confederacy of dunces , but it seems like drivel to me. What am I missing? How could this win the Pulitzer in 1981?
... it was written, it wasn't *published* until after his death (if I'm recalling correctly), some 60 years later. Same for A Confederacy of Dunces - I have it shelved with the time it was written, not the time it was finally published.
I did see some entries in CK this morning where a title ...
I ran across Confederacy of Dunces in the paperback swap at the library. Whoo hoo.
Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces .
My worst case scenario is ending up like John Kennedy Toole (author of CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES ): being read AND rich...but long after I'm dead.
Now THAT'S a nightmare to ponder...
... Road--yuck! at least it was a fast read.
I've just started The Corrections and am loving it! I've also been reading A Confederacy of Dunces off and on.
I just saw Gem of the Ocean at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and will be checking out the whole cycle from the library bit by bit. ...
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I think going into it with that thought was good because it allowed me to just enjoy the author's voice.
I also finished A Confederacy of Dunces ...finally! I know that so many people love that book, but I just couldn't. There were some hilarious parts. Pretty much anything with Miss Trixie ...
... inside info on how to forge paintings. I cannot recommend it enough. Early in the book I was reminded of the zaniness of A Confederacy of Dunces , but as the story darkened I thought of Scott Bradfield's Dream of the Wolf.
The Modern Library paperback re-issue has an excellent intro by J ...
Yep, it was tongue in cheek, a joke, but Dunces is a wonderful novel. Too bad Toole killed himself. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal was hilarious. I would like to give readings of it to fundamentalists.
#162, It's not just you (although I think message #164 was tongue-in-cheek).
I tried to read A Confederacy of Dunces when it was first published, to overwhelming praise, I might add. I found it totally unreadable. I got nowhere near 200 pages before I gave up.
Further, I believe totally ...
God, I love A Confederacy of Dunces . But I was hooked from the first page, and thought it was all brilliant, so I'm no help. You do have to be in the right mood, though.
I have picked up and put down A Confederacy of Dunces a dozen times over the past month. In between picking it up I've read 4 or 5 other books just to avoid Dunces.
I'm 200 pages in but I can't seem to care about the characters or plot. I've heard such great things about this book, but I just ...
... loaned it to a friend of mine and he loved it.
In between I read Sleeping Beauty by Ross McDonald and am listening to A Confederacy of Dunces . I am having difficulty with the audiobook, it seems harder to follow. So many books so little time.
I just left New Orleans with that wild and crazy guy, Ignatius J Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces , and now I am in present day England, but remembering wartime Europe in Willaim Boyd's Restless.
I spent the weekend sweltering in the French Quarter of New Orleans along with Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
I have to put my vote in for A Confederacy of Dunces . It made my stomach hurt from laughing so hard.
... me. If you have ever had a crappy roommate, you will love this book forever.
Also putting my vote in for:
Catch-22
A Confederacy of Dunces
Lamb: The Gospel According to Bif (another book that made for an awkward morning commute)
Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim
The Hitchhi ...
A Confederacy of Dunces
... Bright, which took me awhile to get into, but I enjoy historical fiction.
I'm also reading For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Confederacy of Dunces .
Also The Aspern Papers because of John Berendt mentioning it in The city of falling angels.
... Singing club by Loise Erdrich
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
... Unfortunately, probably not appropriate for a twelve year old. Sarah Vowell is also very funny in a similar way. A Confederacy of Dunces is far and away the funniest book I have ever read.
Funny story about Sedaris: I went to a book signing/reading of his at the B&N in Dallas. My ...
#94, bookworm12, I tried reading A Confederacy of Dunces when it first came out (and was highly touted) and I must confess I disliked it so much I never came close to finishing it.
#99, writestuff, I loved A Suitable Boy -- it was one of those books that I started reading more slowly as I ...
After countless recommendations on LT I am now reading A Confederacy of Dunces , what a character!
The funniest book I've ever read was A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The lead character is essentially a modern day (well, early 1960s) Don Quixote living in New Orleans, surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters. I was living in New Orleans at the time I first read it, ...
... did ask what his middle initial, H, stood for"). There are several laugh-out-loud moments in John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces .
... by Joshilyn Jackson. Good southern chick lit. Entertaining, Engaging, and Fun…but ultimately forgettable.
41. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole. Hilariously eccentric book. Reminds me of an ex-boyfriend. So sad that this is the writer’s final offering.
42. His Majes ...
... birthday was this past weekend and I got a lot of books that I'm excited about, including The Year of Magical Thinking, A Confederacy of Dunces , Bel Canto, Straight Man, Mandala, The Book Thief, Howl, Swann's Way, The Trial, and about a dozen others. I also got a gift card to Ha ...
... sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs..." After that beginning, I knew I was going to love A Confederacy of Dunces , and I was right.
Folks have already mentioned a couple of others that I had thought of: The Left Hand of Darkness and Anna Karenina.
T ...
A few more I've thought of.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole -- couldn't finish it.
Paul Auster's City of Glass, the first book in what is now The New York Trilogy -- short enough that I finished it, but couldn't see what all the fuss was about.
Bright Lights, Big ...
Well, on mine right now is A confederacy of dunces which I never even managed to finish... ;-)
... our Ecology of a Cracker Childhood readers will pick the book for June. This months pick is owed to the best reviewer of A Confederacy of Dunces which, by default, is survivingniki, who "thought it a sharp, funny, and irreverant read."
So, niki, what's your pick for May?
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
... Lamb Bernard MacLaverty
96. The Lost Salt Gift of Blood Alistair Macleod
97. The Cement Garden Ian McEwan
98. A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy O'Toole
99. The Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty
100. In the Heart of the Country J.M. Coetzee
I absolutely could not get into or through A Confederacy of Dunces . Help me understand what is interesting about a hero whose main characteristic is flatulence. Speaking of something (not) to aspire to.....
I don't have a copy of A Confederacy of Dunces and will not have an opportunity to read it this month. Sorry I can't help you there.
... honor of selecting the book of the month for June
(May's selection will be made by the contributor of the best review of A Confederacy of Dunces .)
... come. I'm starting a new thread for Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and still waiting for someone from the group to review A Confederacy of Dunces so they can win the honor of selecting May's book of the month.
... as well. For instance, The God of Small Things wasn't hugely popular in my group, and I adored that book. I also picked A Confederacy of Dunces without having read it myself, and several people didn't even finish it they disliked it so much. I thought it was interesting, but it wasn't a WOW ...
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Survivingniki brings up a good point. I promised in October that whoever posted the best review of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces would have the honor of selecting the next book. None of the three current reviewers are members of this group (although I have just invited them). H ...
I really need to read a Confederacy of Dunces again. I think I was a little too young when I read it, because it didn't impress me, but everyone I know loves it.
... to garner the recommendations based not only on what other people own, but in how they've rated these books? I have confederacy of dunces which many people have, but I hated that book so. There are probably certain books which might be more indicative of what someone would like.
I ...
... White City by Eric Larson, well, at least it's the next one on my TBR list.
#5 lstrand: I'd like to hear your take on A Confederacy of Dunces . I have a copy I'm pondering picking up and actually reading sometime.
Tonight I'm starting A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole . From friends comments it seems that this is a love it or hate it kind of book.
... Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe) by Shirley Jackson
7. The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
8. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
9. Kafka Americana by Jonathan Lethem and Carter Scholz
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10. Vertical Run by Joseph R. Garber
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... Ishiguro
The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
"Man and Wife" by Tony Parsons
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
My re-reads are A Confederacy of Dunces , The Thorn Birds, and - with 20some re-reads to date - The Family Arsenal by Paul Theroux, which I've re-reading since age 14. Oh, and The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman by Bruce Robinson.
... a different take on the same subject, look at Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January mysteries.
John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is a wonderfully funny novel, inspired in part by the Lucky Dogs, Inc. vending company, about which Jerry E. Strahan has written a delightful ...
... I liked Great Expectations, but I've never been able to finish Oliver Twist and I've tried several times. I do love A Confederacy of Dunces . I liked Fitzgerald better in high school than I do now, whereas I like Jane Austen more. I've been meaning to give War and Peace another ...
Ignatius J Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces .
Confederacy of Dunces made me laugh aloud in public many times. America, The Book: Teacher's Edition. Mark Twain's anti-imperialist works. Bob Black's work. Man in the Black Coat (anthology of absurdist lit from Russia).
As selected by trav, the Deep South Book of the Month is A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
All members are encouraged to read or re-read this classic tragi-farcical yarn twisting through the New Orleans psyche and to post their reviews to LibraryThing using the "review" field ...
This month I'm tapping John K. Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces . I'm sure a great many of you have read it, but I have not and I'm hoping it lives up to everything I've read about it. Plus, I think it's common enough that those interested should be able to find a copy.
I thought it might be too ...
... I tend to laugh a bit too maniacally.
I second/third anything by Christopher Moore and John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces
... modern classics? I think the Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor will probably be there. Things like Toole's Confederacy of Dunces , which are unusal and inventive will probably make it into the canon of classics. But most of what I see as making its way into the classics will be ...
... modern classics? I think the Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor will probably be there. Things like Toole's Confederacy of Dunces , which are unusual and inventive will probably make it into the canon of classics. But most of what I see as making its way into the classics will be ...
the funniest book I have ever read is without a doubt a confederacy of dunces . My roommates seconds this.
... by Richard Lederer (and anything else he has written), and A Pen Warmed Up in Hell by Mark Twain. Also loved A Confederacy of Dunces , almost anything by Thurber, and absolutely anything by Gary Larson.
... Fine Day in the Middle of the Night.
Also, I think a the Southern novel The Natural Man by Ed McClanahan does Confederacy of the Dunces one better in the comedy stakes.
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