A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

Listed in the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' comes this beautiful clothbound hardback copy of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

Genre: Classic fiction, comedy

Pages: 352

Blurb:
A monument to 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.

The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him: Ignatius must get a job.

Undaunted, he uses his new-found employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with...