Confederacy of Dunces

[David Morris]

Anyone who knows New Orleans knows an Ignatius Riley, and knows the
City portrayed in that book:

http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Ignatius-Lunacy-Lucky-Orleans/dp/0767903242

Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans (Paperback)


On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Kohut wrote:
>> Does Conferacy of Dunces rise above the jokes on the page?
>>  Does it generalize?
>>
>>  Will it last? Should it?
>>
>
> anybody who's ever been unemployed or underemployed, especially if
> they were doing so under their parents's roof, should get some
> chuckles from Riley's antics.  I um know some people who found it rang
> true.  But for my money the fascinating subtext is how the liberal
> Jewish girl from New York breaks him out of his stagnation.  Sort of a
> side effect of the Civil Rights movement if you will.  True it happens
> only at the end but it's a genius ending.
>