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John kennedy toole wrote a confederacy of dunces throughout the 1960s but was unable to have it accepted for publication. A confederation, an association of sovereign states or communities. Everything you need to know about a confederacy of dunces movie. Yet when toole committed suicide in 1969, the novel was still in manuscript, having been rejected by numerous publishers. This book is basically a comedy and tragicomedy type book. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair.
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