Ep 145 - A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Every once in awhile you read a character study about a character who is uniquely unpleasant to study—such is the case with John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces, a thoroughly delightful book about the thoroughly repulsive Ignatius J. Reilly.

Join us for a discussion of baby birthdays, Seinfeld, dialect, jelly donuts, and solo hobbies.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	I was at a baby birthday party today.
0:43.0	A baby's first birthday party.
0:44.4	How many other babies were there?
0:46.6	They're I lost count because they kept showing up.
0:49.6	There was like eight other kids of varying ages.
0:53.8	The point is, this is our friend's baby.
0:57.6	We have both seen this baby before.
0:59.2	You and I.
1:00.2	In February.
1:01.2	Uh-huh.
1:02.2	When she was younger, like three or four months old.
1:05.5	And now she's a year old.
1:06.9	And he's Ellie.
1:07.9	And that's all the personally identifiable information I'm going to put out there because
1:12.0	I think her parents listened to the podcast.
1:14.4	And we're not going to say who they are, but they're pretty cool people and they have
1:17.0	a pretty cool baby.
1:18.0	They're right.
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