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.
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
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)
(=The Gingerman)
Whitby Syme: 66/83
Characters: 20/20
Execution: 18/20
Food for thought: 5/10
Plot: 16/20
Extra points: 7/13
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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Carl Jameson
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
- 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
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