Wednesday, July 23, 2008

BookClub Discussion: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Hi All,
Yesterday evening we discussed A Confederacy of Dunces. It was a quiet meeting...but very enjoyable and as we expected, Nathan251 didn't attend. Empty vessels make the most noise :)
We all loved the book. It was very very funny whilst be highly relevant. The topics dealt with in it were briliant and refreshing. There was no death or misery really and on the other hand, there was no real love element to it. So, it was different at least. The stereotypes were excellent also. Unfortunately, Tristan C who nominated it couldn't attend.
We also introduced our new, patented rating system :rolleyes:!
Kate gave the book 9.0/10Server gave the book 8.5/10I gave it 9.0/10.
Server nominated The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach.
By the way Pope Buckfast, can you update the reading list please?
The next book we will be reading/discussing is Sunshine Sketches of a Small Town by Stephen Leacock, nominated by Kate. This will be followed by The Poor Mouth by Myles Na gCapilin (or is it Flann O'Brien...or is that his alias? Hmmmm). This was nominated by Damien.

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