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This week, we break down the first 6 chapters of a cult classic, that great work of New Orleansiana: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces. Get ready for some controversy, y’all! Ignatius J. Reilly is perhaps the worst person we’ve ever had as a main character. Theo flexes his degree. Jackie has a hilarious disco night pratfall at a skating rink. Rachel gets unfairly attacked by a lesbian. The gang contemplates adding an animal. Topics include: Thelma & Louise, NOLA, Dr. Nut, Mr. Peanut, Baby Nut, Nut Jr., phonies, resting glare face, and Abracadabra!
Content warning: racism, sexism, anti-fatness, antisemitism.
That New Yorker article we mentioned: https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-uneasy-afterlife-of-a-confederacy-of-dunces
This week, we break down the first 6 chapters of a cult classic, that great work of New Orleansiana: John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces. Get ready for some controversy, y’all! Ignatius J. Reilly is perhaps the worst person we’ve ever had as a main character. Theo flexes his degree. Jackie has a hilarious disco night pratfall at a skating rink. Rachel gets unfairly attacked by a lesbian. The gang contemplates adding an animal. Topics include: Thelma & Louise, NOLA, Dr. Nut, Mr. Peanut, Baby Nut, Nut Jr., phonies, resting glare face, and Abracadabra!
Content warning: racism, sexism, anti-fatness, antisemitism.
That New Yorker article we mentioned: https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-uneasy-afterlife-of-a-confederacy-of-dunces
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