Confederacy of Dunces

This month we read Confederacy of Dunces, a rare re-read from the Greater Westford Literary Society list.  Ed Amidon was the inspiration.  This is one of his favorite books.  And John Kennedy Toole did not disappoint us, except for Tim.  Tim just didn't jive with the book.  Just coming off his legislative duties may have had an adverse effect!  Most of us loved the clever language and the caricature of many different stereotypic characters.  Mindy did some secondary research and was really quite enlightening with excerpts from a biography of Toole.  In any case, the story of how this novel came to be a Pulitzer Prize winning novel is amazing.  The only book in competition at our meeting was Terry's new book, Coffee Can Investing!  

Next Month is Graham Greene's The Quiet American.   We will meet at Ed's for a garden tour on June 11th!  See you then!