A Confederacy of Dunces
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. First Edition, Sixth Printing. First edition, sixth printing - as stated on the copyright page. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages.
This book is in very good condition. Minor wear to the extremities. Gift inscription in pen on the half title page. The dust jacket is in very good minus condition. Moderate wear, chipping and tearing to the edges. Price-clipped.
"A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters.
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Inventory number (P11-107). Item #7302
Price: $125.00