CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES , A - Penguin Modern Classics

A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemonth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern ? this is Ignatius J.Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh-pots of a fallen city, filling his Big Chief tablets with invective, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must go to work.