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Is it worth a read?

>> No.22406791

>>22406762
It's a humorous read, even moreso when you imagine the main character as MovieBob

>> No.22406799

>>22406791
I always pictured him as Artie Lange

>> No.22406919

>>22406762
Yes. It's easily a masterpiece and when America becomes Catholic it will be fondly remembered as prescient.

>> No.22406976
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22406976

>>22406791
I always pictured him as literally me.

>> No.22407027

Was Ignatius actually a genius or not?

>> No.22407050

>>22407027
He was no doubt intelligent, but he used it as an excuse to be inactive and lethargic. Likely partially because his mother allowed him to be the latter and encouraged the former in his childhood, although I don't recall it being touched upon much at all in the book.

>> No.22407083

>>22407027
Yes but he never turned inward and introspective, and thereby never grew

>> No.22407097

>>22406762
It's a cautionary tale

>> No.22407099

>>22407027
He was a complete dipshit that considered himself a genius because he read a single book in college. Extremely funny that people here relate to him

>> No.22407476

Yes it's most likely the funniest book i've ever read.

>> No.22407560

>>22406762
total farce
if you want to read about projectile diarreha then go for it
the author was a dork who comitted suicide or something
HIS MOTHER took over the efforts to promote his failed book because nobody wants to read about pooping

>> No.22407568

>>22406762
every time someone experiences or acts on this, the concrete version actualizes even more

>> No.22407973
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22407973

>5 years ago
>Read Confederacy of Dunces to GF
>Use a distinct voice / affect for Ignatius' dialogue
>Months later
>Ask GF "What is this from?"
>GET BACK, YOU FLEA INFESTED MONGREL!
>She immediately says "Confederacy of Dunces" because I said the line in the voice of Ignatius
>No, it's from "Who let the dogs out"
>Repeat this every few months for like 3 years
>She keeps falling for it which makes it funnier

>> No.22407978

>>22407027
ITT: TIMES YOU ACTED LIKE IGNATIUS

>> No.22408410

>>22407973
Genuinely heartwarming, I hope this is true #relationshipgoals

>> No.22408790

>>22406791
holy shit youre right