| Summary |
Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, --selfish, domineering, deluded, tragic and larger than life-- is a noble crusader against a world of dunces. He is a modern-day Quixote beset by giants of the modern age. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh posts of the fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must work. |
| Local note | Barry Hannah's copy with his name and address written on front end leaf. Autographed on title page by Walker Percy. Laid in are a receipt for $3.71 and a bookmark advertising Small World Books, Venice, California. Stuart Wright Book Collection #163.36. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Barry Hannah Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Humorous fiction. |
| LCCN | 80008922 |
| ISBN | 0394178009 |
| ISBN | 9780394178004 |
