Meet Ignatius J. Reilly, the indomitable anti-hero of John Kennedy Toole's piquant masterpiece, 'A Confederacy of Dunces'. Residing in New Orleans with his mother, Ignatius is a modern-day Don Quixote, toiling over his historical writings and railing against the ills of contemporary society. From the safety of his home, he scorns the outside world, until a series of misfortunes, including a brush with the law and a car accident, propel him into the workforce. As Ignatius stumbles from one comical catastrophe to the next, the novel unveils an unforgettable cast of characters, woven together in a tapestry of human folly. From his failed stint as a hotdog vendor to his absurdist rebellion within the walls of the Levy Pants Company, Ignatius's quest is a grand farce, a satirical journey through the vibrant, vice-ridden streets of New Orleans. Toole's creation is uproarious and tragic, his prose bursting with wit—a literary symphony, anchored by the corpulent, windbag genius of Ignatius, whose lofty ideals and relentless misadventures are a brilliant reflection of the dunces around him and a timeless commentary on the human condition.