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After watching half of this it seems the publishing industry is a bunch of vultures waiting for an author to die so they don't have to pay royalties.

Gottlieb, like so many in NY/east coast publishing, was a no nothing clown. Thelma Toole was right: A Confederacy of Dunces is a masterpiece.

The background music is too loud & makes it impossible to hear the narrator. "Confederacy" is my second favorite comedy novel after Celine's Journey to the End of the Night. Love both books. Both writers had a tough, difficult life. RIP.

Un brillante y magnífico libro. Gracias! John Kennedy Toole Desde, Tegucigalpa 🇭🇳

Really touching thank you.

[i have not read the book] Everyone keeps saying how funny and great it is, and that it illuminates New Orleans. However, no one in the documentary or the comments below states what the novel is actually ABOUT. What is the book, other than a description?

There it is, for all to see: the evil of altruism. The more sincere you are in practicing it, the more toxic. The USA is not based on self-immolation in the form of "living for others." USA is rooted on individualism, the utter exaltation of pursuing one's bliss. Yes, you fulfill obligations which you chose, but it is suicide to choose (or cling to) duty that breaks your spirit. And know this: a human is not automatically duty-bound to live for one's parents, contrary to one of the commenters here. They chose to conceive you and nurture you for 20 years ... but you did not choose to be born. Give them only respect they earn, not an infinite blank check of obligation.

Thank you

Why I feel this documentary is bad. Rich and beautiful fragmented shots of everything piled together with no clear story line.

Every time I watch this I am staggered at it's understanding of New Orleans..... AND... about child abuse...parentification of an intelligent child...

So sad that this brilliant writer got rejected in his time. I love his (second) novel. Already offered it to 4 or 5 friends, always with great response. Masterpiece.

Thank you

He "took control", he "designed his own solution" - What utter nonsense! He killed himself. Ignatius would tell you that murdering yourself is still murder. His mother made him into a hateful man, but it was his responsibility to forgive her and he should have walked away from those people for good.

Ive just finished the book after reading the auto biography of Billy Connelly who describes it as his 'favourite book ever'. It is unlike any book Ive ever read, challenging, funny , complex and yet simple . Quite ahead of its time regarding diversity issues . ? Its made me keen to visit New Orleans . Such a shame about the tragic end of JKT, and an irony that his Mother claimed so much attention on its success. I would love to see it translated onto stage or screen. Reilly could easily be a character out of the British comedy series The League of Gentlemen (or Monty Python !) , which is quite dark with lager than life characters who might be on the fringes of modern society. A very well put together programme . Many Thanks. R.

His mom gives me anxiety.

Beautifully done. I'm reading the book for the fourth time now.

This novel almost never happened!

A masterpiece of a novel! I have never laughed so hard with anything else

Me enamore de todo y de todos. Gracias!!!!

Taking the pigtail in one of his paws, he pressed it warmly to his wet mustache.

I love "A Confederacy of Dunces" !!!

funniest book ever written, RIP JK Toole the legend

Outstanding documentary..

The mother makes me hyperventilate...

For anyone who really wants to know about the brilliant man behind the masterpiece, this is so deeply appreciated.

I clicked on this randomly and was transfixed for 56 minutes.

Thanks for this video. Great job and very insightful.

wonderful to find this documentary, from years ago. I’ve lost track how many times I’ve dove back into CoD and the Neon Bible.

Still want more.

I picked up "A Confederacy of Dunces" for $2 on sale at a book shop in Melbourne. It's a great book. I would laugh out loud while reading it on the train to University. I really enjoyed this documentary.

JK Toole, SS 427 driver.

"Don´t be an ass, of course I want you to be here. Come on" BEst friend´s line ever

F****** tragic

My friend in high school chemistry introduced me to this book - and I've almost got it memorized by now - since 1975/6. I appreciate my friend so much, what he saw in this. Also the book from the start, has made my cry and laugh. I was in my 30s when I finally learned that John Kennedy Toole had committed suicide. The book is poignant even without that - it's almost a eulogy in some ways I supposed for a whole era and a New Orleans a he knew it. I don't know - but thank you for the documentary, and God Bless John Kennedy Toole.

I just finished my 7th round with this masterpiece. This is the most comprehensive backstory I’ve encountered about Toole, and I’m grateful for it. Now I’m off to find that Tom Snyder interview with Thelma...

I'm so damn sick and tired of mothers getting the blame for everything. What about that Dad? Why do we hear nothing about him. Was he a failure? Was that the example Ken had? Did Thelma HAVE to take the reins in the home to keep the family afloat. If it had been the father behaving the way Thelma did, he'd be a hero. Why aren't we telling this story - in the 50's women stayed home and men were the breadwinners. Daddy Dear couldn't hold up his end of the bargain and poor Ken, burdened with the same tradition, believed it was his responsibility to keep the family financially solvent. Unable to live up to societal expectations, he crumbled and took his life.

One image that stands out from the book is Ignatius looking over his holy cards. I remember being shocked, in high school, when a nun told us that New Orleans was a Catholic ghetto.

His Army Sojourn in Puerto Rico sounds like it would make a good movie.

It was my favorite book and I have gifted it many times hoping to introduce others to the best book ever.

It is a wonderful book. It is so tragic that he did not live to see that it was immensely popular and got a Pulitzer Prize. I’ve read it three times and it gets better every time.

Nice.

I have nearly 2,570 rejection slips from 36 novels and 40 short stories over a span of 34 years. I'm like a dog with a damned bone, I'll never quit and never let go, and that was my attitude. To give up after one submission was the absolute failure in Toole's life. I have since published 17 novels, radio plays, poems, thousands of content articles, non-fiction books and short stories. This fucking business is 99% rejection and if you don't realize that you have no business in it. I love Toole for who he was but not for the dismissive dolt he turned into because he thought he was being tortured unfairly by an editor, or even a marketing team. I'm terminally ill and fading, and yet I have just won another award, a major award for my YA fantasy fiction. I will go out with my hands on the keyboard until my very last breath. THAT is what a writer does.

Great documentary does anybody know what that music at the end was?

great book and lovely documentary

Driving around and yet researchers have no real ideas exactly where he went. The sort of journey you could do in the pre credit card world.

Why do I dislike all of these people?

what we read when we get homesick

If you have a swig every time you hear “New Orleans” you’ll have to go to the emergency room.

Good Lord, Thelma was a crazy bI#@ ! Poor JKT...

I think the graphic novel would be a worthwhile path to take for ‘Dunces’.