I would very much like to know what the Founding Fathers would say if they could see these children being debauched to further the cause of Clearasil. However, I always suspected that democracy would come to this . . . “A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United…
The Great Chain of Being had snapped like so many paper clips strung together by some drooling idiot; death, destruction, anarchy, progress, ambition, and self-improvement were to be Piers’ new fate. And a vicious fate it was to be: now he was faced with the perversion of having to GO TO WORK (p. 26). a…
What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale (p. 25). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
I’d imagine that Fry would have done a decent job on the script and he’s absolutely correct that Robbie Coltrane would have made for a plausible Ignatius, circa 1980 that is. Robbie by the way does a very convincing American accent. But we know that the best Iggy would have been Charles Laughton! (in-joke). This said,…
“Canned food is a perversion,” Ignatius said. “I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul” (p. 19) a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleansphilosophical literature
Now available in paperback a confederacy of duncesCory MacLauchlinJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
I was curious to find out whether or not “Bunt” Percy was still alive since it was she that nudged her husband Walker into reading Confederacy. As Cory MacLauchlin tells it: Walker said to Bunt, “You read it. Tell me what to do with it.” A few days later, Walker asked Bunt what she thought…
Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins (p.10). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
Speaking of autoscopic doubles (Toole-Ignatius Reilly) I’m working on a review of Cory MacLauchlin’s Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces. Cory reminds us that today marks the death of Toole. It is often said “how can one assess the greatness of the author on one work?”…
“I dust a bit,” Ignatius told the policeman. “In addition, I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.” (p. 6). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
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