Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, Home Game, and his upcoming return to Wall Street, The Big Short, talks about a favorite book from his home state of Louisiana, John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces. He spoke at BookExpo America in New York City on May 30, 2009.
suicide is not the answer, unless the question is "how do i get published?"
starterjacket003 3 months ago
It is one of, if not my favorite, book.........
archer1949 6 months ago
stop it stop it stop it.....NO ONE CARES ABOUT SUICIDE......just the book. its amazin
zaratustra007 8 months ago
@MckyMseNTarotCrds this Michael Lewis's filmed abortion would have offended JKT's sense of taste and decency, stunned his disbelieving eyes, shocked his virginal mind, and sealed his valve up for good :)
robertstephen 10 months ago
Dunces is a pretty good litmus test. If you didn't like it, we're probably not going to become very good friends.
MckyMseNTarotCrds 10 months ago
@robertkstephen Thank you! I was just saying basically that on another Dunces thread. I think it's mainly just the people who are from New Orleans that see the novel that way, but that's all they focus on. "Oh, the city is a character, blah blah. It brings New Orleans to life, blah blah." Dunces could've been set anywhere and would have been just as good. I don't even remember there being all these big descriptions of the city some people seem to. It's just the setting.
MckyMseNTarotCrds 10 months ago
i agree with michael lewis. this is a great book with some of the best dialogue ever. i am glad some AP English teachers are making their students make video projects for it (although the video projects are pretty awful, i'm glad they're reading the book and making the attempt with the usual high school humor).
sandysun1000 1 year ago
He was great on Jon Stewart.
sofresh821 2 years ago
"street life of new orleans" blah blah.... hardly worth mentioning: the story is so much more than that.
mr lewis might get a big kick out of anne rice's vampire stories too!
robertkstephen 2 years ago
I found myself laughing out loud. The scenes in the Levy Factory were hilarious.
yetanotherwebname 2 years ago