"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole (S2 Ep3)




Novel Conversations show

Summary: A Confederacy of Dunces follows the life and misadventures of Ignatius Jacques Riley, whom Walker Percy described as a "slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one." Listen as Frank Lavallo hosts readers, Patrick Andrews and Scott Rich, for a summary and discussion of the novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. Then stay tuned for Endnotes with Ted Schwartz for some interesting facts about Toole's life and the publication of his novel.