A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 7
What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale (p. 25). a confederacy of duncesJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
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Stephen Fry on A Confederacy of Dunces
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,…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 6
“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
Goat’s Head Soup
Though the headline doesn’t really connote what’s on offer (well, today is billed as a big Stones day), here are two NOLA food articles. The second is especially interesting. Embracing the goat in NOLA Overeating in the Big Easy The enemies are not our trademark foods, like boiled crawfish, shrimp remoulade, debris poor boys and oysters…
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Now available in paperback a confederacy of duncesCory MacLauchlinJohn Kennedy Toolenew orleans
Walking, dawdling and eating beignets in New Orleans
Sums it up really: But the best concert I saw cost nothing, at what has to be the best free venue in New Orleans, Three Muses on Frenchmen Street, in the Seventh Ward, just outside the French Quarter. Why? It’s intimate but not crowded. (While the staff members at the door don’t collect covers, they…
Mary “Bunt” Townsend Percy
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…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 5
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
New Orleans by day // food
A short tribute to NOLA food to the accompaniment of Pops and Bing. Pops’ favourite in featured image. bing crosbyfoodLouis Armstrongnew orleansNOLA
John Kennedy Toole
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?”…
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