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I'm about halfway through it myself. So far its been very good & funny. Let's share our thoughts and discuss the book here.Wikipedia posted:A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which appeared in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) and Toole's mother, the book became first a cult classic, then a mainstream success; it earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981, and is now considered a canonical work of modern literature of the Southern United States.[1] ----------------
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I already read GBS.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:09 |
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Reading is for fags.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:09 |
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this book was weird but it was also good
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:10 |
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Christmas Miracle posted:this book was weird but it was also good
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:11 |
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Someone post the confeferacy of doobies from the old thread
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:11 |
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i would also like to see that if that's possible
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:12 |
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~the original goon~
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:15 |
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i read the wikipedia summary and it was very well written. really identified with the protagonist/
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:19 |
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oxsnard posted:~the original goon~ ----------------
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:24 |
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oxsnard posted:~the original goon~ If Ignatius was alive today he would be a Ron Paul libertarian and mining bitcoins
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:29 |
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he's even got a doobdog and everything.Christmas Miracle posted:this book was weird but it was also good Yeah it's really good.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 15:58 |
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i like this book thanks 4 thread op
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:04 |
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The statue of Ignatius on Canal street isn't worth the trip to New Orleans, but if you're there already and walking by, its worth like, turning your head for.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:21 |
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oxsnard posted:~the original goon~
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:22 |
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oxsnard posted:~the original goon~ This man speaks truth. The only thing that didn't jive was that he wore a hunting cap instead of a fedora.
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I'd rather not read your family's biography but thanks anyway
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:24 |
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The only thing I know about this book is the main character jacks off to his dog.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:41 |
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some low hanging fruit itt. I actually haven't read that book. thanks for the rec
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 16:42 |
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I started reading it but quit because the protagonist disgusts me
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 18:10 |
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Count Freebasie posted:This man speaks truth. The only thing that didn't jive was that he wore a hunting cap instead of a fedora. the protag in the catcher in the rye wore a hunting cap so it is still v. goony
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 18:40 |
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i've been meaning to reread this for years now...it's one of my favs. Ignatius was just a caricature of Toole himself right? I think if they made it into a movie decades ago with Belushi it would have owned, but other than that it would probably be poo poo.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 18:48 |
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this dude sounds like a tool
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 18:53 |
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any status on the doobie thing? unfortunatley theres like a billlion gassed doobie threads so no way im reading through those to find it
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 18:55 |
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Sekenr posted:I started reading it but quit because the protagonist disgusts me hes supposed to + be funny ----------------
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 20:57 |
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Cream_Filling posted:any status on the doobie thing? unfortunatley theres like a billlion gassed doobie threads so no way im reading through those to find it I think he's supposed to be open this or next week. if the inspectors pass his poo poo shack.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 20:59 |
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quote:Although he pursued a doctorate at Columbia, he became unhappy with his Ph.D. However, he wrote to Fletcher that he still liked Hunter, "principally because the aggressive, pseudo-intellectual, 'liberal' girl students are continuously amusing."[54] Fletcher surmised that from these girls the character of Myrna Minkoff from Dunces was born.[55] Toole, although generally only a "Christmas-and-Easter churchgoer",[52] had some apprehension about the anti-Catholic intellectualism of some of his students, and about them seeming ever watchful for a cause they could throw their liberal zeal behind.[52] "Every time the elevator door opens at Hunter, you are confronted by 20 pairs of burning eyes, 20 sets of bangs and everyone waiting for someone to push a Negro" he is reported to have said.[52] When he first arrived back in New York Toole dated Emilie Dietrich Griffin, another Louisiana transplant, with whom he had worked on the Hullabaloo staff, and later he dated another Louisianan Clayelle Dalferes whom he had learned of through Fletcher. The couple loved the cinema and movie-going was a constant staple of their dates.[56] Both women said their relationships with Toole never progressed beyond the level of a good night kiss.[52][57]
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:06 |
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it's a really good book
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:07 |
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Robert E Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian, lived with his mother until the age of 30 when she slipped into a coma, at which point he walked out to his car and shot himself in the head He reportedly had a single girlfriend in his entire life, who left him for one of his best friends because he devoted too much of his time and emotional energy to his mother Someone should make a Goons of Literature thread in the book barn!!!
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:13 |
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:15 |
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Big Beef City posted:I already read GBS. gently caress
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:18 |
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book owns, i really dig intentionally unlikeable protagonists and ignatius fits that mark perfectly. dude is really good at discarding even the tiniest things that might make him even slightly sympathetic. that + it's funny as heck. it's good poo poo and people should read it imo.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:20 |
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DrManiac posted:I think he's supposed to be open this or next week. if the inspectors pass his poo poo shack. i mean on finding the ignatius c reilly themed bit
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:20 |
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Hoisted by my own retard.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:21 |
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Cream_Filling posted:any status on the doobie thing? In the book, Ignatius J. Reilly was given a hotdog cart because his mom insisted he have a job. He sold 2, ate the rest, and refused to pay for them. His boss was very indignant. Hope this helps!
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:34 |
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Myrna Minkoff is probably in the top 5 of foxiest fictional jewesses of all time.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:58 |
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Wayside Bazaar posted:Myrna Minkoff is probably in the top 5 of foxiest fictional jewesses of all time.
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 21:59 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXdpv3pCGU
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# ? Apr 20, 2014 22:11 |
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Ogive posted:In the book, Ignatius J. Reilly was given a hotdog cart because his mom insisted he have a job. He sold 2, ate the rest, and refused to pay for them. His boss was very indignant. let's not forget that on his first day on the job, he ate them all and told his boss he was mugged
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 03:44 |
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This book is seriously great but southpark ran the core concept into the ground so hard that it damages my appreciation for the original.
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