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Best of New Orleans (page 3)


Cover art for A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
FICTION
Released: May 1, 1980

"Unfortunately, this is all we'll have of Toole's talent; he committed suicide in 1969, age 32, leaving only this astounding book."
A masterpiece of character comedy finally published more than ten years after its writing, thanks to novelist Walker Percy--who furnishes a foreword. Read full book review >