QMBC XX: A Confederacy of Dunces

Reading

A Confederacy of Dunces

by

John Kennedy Toole

Kennedy's, Westland Row, Dublin.

27th May 2013

One Sentence Summaries

Mycroft Webb: Dem guys and gals from Pulitzer loved this here book - and so did I. Ooo-wee! I guess that's Boethius.

Carl Jameson: What mongoloid created this abortion?

Ramius Valderón: Its nauseous humour releases the valve.

William Clay: Penguin hardly essential.

Whitby Syme: He's a Paradise gas man.

Tiger McGavin: I hope Iggy and Mizzy get busy.

Scores

William Clay: 50/83
Jack Reacherness: 0/10
Quincey Morrisness: 1/20
N'orleansness: 49/53

Tiger McGavin: 72/83
Action: 9/13
Well writtenness: 13/13
Sexiness: 5/8 (the scene with the dog)
Quincey Morrisness: 10/14
Interestingness: 15/15
Unputdownableness: 20/20

Carl Jameson: 60.5/83
(=The Gingerman)

Whitby Syme: 66/83
Characters: 20/20
Execution: 18/20
Food for thought: 5/10
Plot: 16/20
Extra points: 7/13

Mycroft Webb: 66/83
Well writtenness: 17/20
Interestingness: 18/23
Discussableness: 5/10
Characters: 18/20
Unputdownableness: 8/10

Ramius Valderón: 67/83

A Confederacy of Dunces earned a QMBC rating of 63.58 / 83.

Nominations

Ramius Valderón
- The Dinner by Herman Koch

William Clay

- Inferno by Dan Brown ("Tom Hanks in Inferno by Tom Hanks")
- Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson
- Broken Harbor by Tana French

Whitby Syme

- The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
- The Night of the Gun by David Carr

Mycroft Webb
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

Tiger McGavin:

- The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Carl Jameson

- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

The Voting

Book	McGavin	Webb	Syme	Clay	Valderón	Jameson	Total
The Wasp Factory	100	-	200	-	100	-	400
The Orphan Master's Son	200	-	-	-	-	-	200
Inferno	300	300	-	-	-	100	700
Lady Chatterley's Lover	-	100	300	-	-	-	400
The Dinner	-	200	-	-	-	200	400
The Magicians	-	-	100	200	300	-	600
The Night of the Gun	-	-	-	100	-	-	100
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet	-	-	-	300	-	300	600
Hell's Angels	-	-	-	-	200	-	200

Next: Inferno

Nearly: The Magicians / The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet