Glencarlyn Book Club: "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Let's talk about books at Glencarlyn Library!
Join us at the Library for a book discussion on "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole.
The Glencarlyn Book Club is held monthly at Glencarlyn Library, on the last Tuesday of every month. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
We are reading:
- Jan. 28: "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
- Feb. 25: "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead
- Mar. 25: "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado-Perez
- Apr. 29: "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
- May 27: "Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim
- Jun. 24: "Orlando" by Virginia Woolf
- Jul. 29: "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler
- Aug. 26: "Dubliners" by James Joyce
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A limited number of reserved print copies of the selected book will be available at Glencarlyn Library circulation desk approximately one month before the book club meeting. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons are also encouraged to place holds on available print or digital copies.
For more information, please call 703-228-6548.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Time:
- 6:45pm - 7:45pm
- Library:
- Glencarlyn Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue."—The New York Times Book Review
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).