One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldMy favourite book of all time... it stays with you long after you have read it for your whole life, in fact Billy ConnollyA monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged. Ignatius ignores them, heaving his vast bulk through the citys fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses his newfound employment to further his mission and now he has a pirate costume and a hotdog cart to do it with...This stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Tooles savagely funny, satirical masterpiece is designed by the acclaimed CoralieBickford Smith.A pungent work of slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities ... it is nothing less than a grand comic fugueThe New York Times

Binding: Hardback;352 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 576 g; Dimensions: 205 x 135 x 31

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