Toole’s posthumous cult classic has developed a formidable – and thoroughly well-deserved - reputation for picaresque wit and lively character portraits. The rambling, hilarious saga of Ignatius J. Reilly and his battle against modernity and employment constitutes one of America’s very greatest comic novels.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141182865
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 249 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
My favourite book of all time. I've read it so many times and I still go back to it today. - Billy Connolly
Meet Ignatius J. Reilly, an overeducated, undersexed bag of wind. Slothfully living with his alcoholic Mother at 30 in New Orleans, he believes his numerous failings are the work of a higher power. He heaves his vast... More
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This book was handed to me in store and the customer said " Read it, this is the best book ever". All I can say now is THANK YOU! I need to read more books like this! The voices created are amazing, with... More
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