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Wed Feb-10-10 10:37 PM
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" |
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by John Kennedy Toole. I never planned to read this book every 2 years or so since I first read it in 1982....it just seems to work out that way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Confederacy_of_Dunces
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Wed Feb-10-10 11:10 PM
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1. One of the best books I have ever read |
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Wed Feb-10-10 11:17 PM
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2. A genuine New Orleanian once suggested I should play the role of Ignatius |
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in fact, Mom never could finish the book; she said he reminded her too much of me!
Wonder what our favorite medievalist would make of NOLA today? First a Biblical flood, now the city gone insane over some spectacle called "football". :-)
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Thu Feb-11-10 10:50 AM
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17. You are obviously a person who appreciates theology and geometry |
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Thu Feb-11-10 12:21 PM
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18. Ooo woo! You call a po-lice a cawmniss?! |
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Thu Feb-11-10 02:36 AM
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3. One of my favorite books EVER. |
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Thu Feb-11-10 02:38 AM
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4. Stumbled on it years ago, and laughed out loud -- truly a great read. |
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:00 AM
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5. I read it about once a year |
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It never gets old. I just wish he were still alive.
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:01 AM
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6. My all-time favorite book. And there is no close second. |
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I have to read it in private though. Otherwise I will look like a complete nut laughing hysterically nonstop for several hundred pages.
J.K. Toole should be sainted for writing that book. It is that good.
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Thu Feb-11-10 08:59 AM
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13. I made the mistake of reading it on an airplane |
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I'm afraid I couldn't hold in the laughter at one point -- IIRC, it was a passage about finger impressions in some coconut covered pastry. It was recommended to me by my boss at the time, a voracious reader who told me about it when I asked him what was the best novel he had ever read.
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Thu Feb-11-10 12:56 PM
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21. close second...his Neon Bible. |
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:39 AM
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:41 AM
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8. One of the 10 greatest books written in the 20th Century |
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Easy.
And if the film they've been threatening to make ever comes to pass, I want Paul Giamatti as Ignatious J. Reily, dammit!
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Thu Feb-11-10 01:01 PM
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23. You know of the curse? |
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Jim Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley have all been proposed for the role. :o
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:54 AM
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Thu Feb-11-10 04:16 AM
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10. It's a great book, really biting humor. |
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For someone who was born in New Orleans in the 60s, the mood and descriptions of the locale are just eerily dead on.
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Thu Feb-11-10 07:36 AM
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11. I'm overdue for a re-read nt |
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Thu Feb-11-10 08:22 AM
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12. It has never been made into a movie. |
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I think John Candy would have been the ultimate Ignatius.
I once read somewhere that Johnny Depp owns the movie rights to the book.
I don't know if it's true.....
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Thu Feb-11-10 10:32 AM
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14. John Candy, Chris Farley, and Will Ferell among other names |
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Thu Feb-11-10 10:39 AM
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15. I tried to read it once, but didn't get very far |
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I don't remember why, but I must not have found it interesting or amusing.
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Thu Feb-11-10 10:47 AM
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My user name bespeaks my love of this wonderful book.......and my love of New Orleans.......
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Thu Feb-11-10 12:39 PM
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19. The book contains the best line of movie criticism ever penned: |
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"Who is responsible for this technicolor abortion?!"
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Thu Feb-11-10 12:50 PM
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20. Dang, now I have to go read it again. And buy lute strings! |
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Thu Feb-11-10 12:56 PM
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22. It's one of my favorite books. |
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Thu Feb-11-10 05:23 PM
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25. How would one ever know? |
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Thu Feb-11-10 06:10 PM
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27. LOL !.... I bet it is Myrna. |
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Thu Feb-11-10 03:39 PM
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I have loved this book since the first time I read it. And the story of its publication, of John Kennedy Toole's mother harrassing editors with the story of her (by then dead by suicide) son's genius until it was published, the controversies over their relationship and her love of the spotlight once the book and the story came out (and its psychological implications) is a fascinating topic. And if you really want to have some fun, read "Managing Ignatius", the story behind the Lucky Dog salesmen in New Orleans, where Toole got much of his inspiration for Ignatius' character--or at least his outfit.
I saw the first-ever stage production of ACofD in Seattle a few months ago. So much could have gone so wrong, but it was terrific! Since I grew up in the area that Toole did, I've always been fascinated by the particular flavor that the mother-son relationship has in that book. Plus, it's just plain funny!
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Thu Feb-11-10 05:33 PM
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26. Funny book. Sad book. |
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Read a biography on John Kennedy O'Toole after reading it if you don't beleive me
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Thu Feb-11-10 06:12 PM
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28. I've never been able to finish it |
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At some point, Ignatius starts writing a letter or an op-ed or something and it goes on for 400 pages and I get tired of it and I put it down.
I've stalled out in that same section three times.
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