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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Thirteen & Fourteen
It won’t surprise you all to learn that I really loved this book. I wrote in my Goodreads review This was on my to-read list for years and years. I…
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May 2
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Eleven & Twelve
We’re nearing the end! I feel like it flew by. I’m not sure if this will satisfy the people who have felt that the book is too slow or meandering, but…
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Apr 21
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Nine & Ten
There are several pictures of Ignatius that float around online, and I’ve waited to see when the references to them will appear in the text itself…
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Apr 15
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Seven & Eight
To me, a true triumph of this book is its portrayal of human bickering. There’s something so loving about how the book presents people snapping at each…
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Apr 6
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Seven & Eight
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters Five & Six
Ignatius’s job at Levy Pants was never long for this world, but I confess that I found myself a little disappointed that it came and went as fast as it…
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Mar 30
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A Confederacy of Dunces: Chapters Three and Four
When last we saw Ignatius, after a bout of truly inspired terrible behavior at the movie theater that followed his usual mistreatment of his mother, he…
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Mar 23
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A Confederacy of Dunces: Chapters Three and Four
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A Confederacy of Dunces, Chapters One and Two
This one really starts out with a bang. From the jump, I dug into John Kennedy Toole’s particular prose style, which I find witty and inventive in a…
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Mar 16
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