/lit/ - Literature

>>16196582

>obese
>reactionary
>worships obscure philosophers
>insincere christian moralising
>wants a return to monarchy
>pathological liar
>massive ego
>pseudointellectual
>societal outcast
>doesn't clean himself sufficently
>filthy room
>cumstained sheets
>leeches off his mom

Is Ignatius /ourguy/?

I'm nearly done with A Confederacy of Dunces and I think this is the best book I've ever read. It's not a meme on the /lit/core chart, actually go read it if you haven't.

>>15922746
Looks more like Confederacy of Dunces

What are some of your favorite novels that made you laugh? it could be any period or sense of humor, just good reads that left you in a good mood

Holy fuck, anons. This book was absolutely hilarious.

I feel like 4chan is a hellhole full of Ignatius Reillys.

Looking for something entry level that a woman who knows the basics of Greek mythology and all Shakespeare's comedies, but not much else would enjoy. Only things she's taken off the table are violence/war and science fiction.

Considering pic related.

Any novel similar to this one in terms of humor and storytelling ?

I read The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz which some people claim it's similar but I was pretty much disappointed.

>>14110594
>reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide

when does this book get good?
So far through 25 pages it is the most mediocre thing I have ever read and I question whether or not I should keep reading

>>12633178
Confederacy of Dunces

>he didn’t start with the lumpenproletariat

How does /lit/ succeed in reading all the books you wanna read?
I already have like 8 books which I wanna read and already have some more in mind like pic related, but never really get around to sit down and read them.
Also, are pic related, Flannery O'Connor, Less than Zero and Nachtwachen worth the read?

Your honest thoughts on this Book

Re-reading this after many years and I think it's strangely topical considering it was written in the early 60s.
>Useless yet arrogant NEET who hates the modern world but can't stop gawking/screaming at it
>subversive Brooklyn Jewess spreading degenerate nonsense
>normie mother who can't understand why her college educated son is such a complete failure