A neon Bible lights up the sky at night, and during the day religious fanaticism and malevolence wreak havoc on the lives of the townspeople. The protagonist's father, a teenager living in a squalid town in the Deep South, loses his job and can no...
El protagonista d?aquesta novel·la és un dels personatges més memorables de la literatura nord-americana: l?Ignatius J. Reilly ?un còctel d?Oliver Hardy delirant, Quixot adipós i Tomàs d?Aquino pervers?, que amb...
El protagonista daquesta novella és un dels personatges més memorables de la literatura nord-americana: lIgnatius J. Reilly un còctel dOliver Hardy delirant, Quixot adipós i Tomàs dAqu...
La Conjura De Los Necios es una disparatada, ácida e inteligentísima novela. Pero no sólo eso, también es tremendamente divertida y amarga a la vez. La carcajada escapa por sí sola ante las situaciones desproporcionadas...
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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 unhi...
After four decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during John Kennedy Tooleâs lifetime, his mother successfully...
Ignatius J. Reilly ist schon von weitem eine groteske Erscheinung: Tweedhose, Flanellhemd, Schal und grüne Jagdmütze umhüllen den überdimensionierten, unter den Launen einer sensiblen Verdauung leidenden Körper. Sein Geist hingege...
"Meet Ignatius J. Reilly..This 30-year-old medievalist lives at home with his mother in New Orleans, pens his magnum opus on Big Chief writing pads he keeps hidden under his bed, and relays to anyone who will listen the traumatic experience he once...
A pithy, laugh-out-loud story following John Kennedy Toole's larger-than-life Ignatius J. Reilly, floundering his way through 1960s New Orleans, beautifully resigned with cover art by Gary Taxali
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
Pennsylvania Elections: Statewide Contests, 1950-2004 provides a systematic and thorough analysis of elections in Pennsylvania. The work focuses on voting trends across the state, analyzes the political geography of the state, and develops a narrative...