Books by author: John Kennedy Toole

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

Grove Press (416 pages)
Keyword(s): Literary fiction
Dates read: September 30 - October 06, 1996, Rating: ***

This was another of Eric's recommendations. I found it less engaging, and the characters less sympathetic, than he did. While it was humorous, it was not side-splittingly funny. I found Toole's satirization of 20th century America to be unfortunately accurate and rather depressing.