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kleinbl00 · 3570 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bl00's Reviews #8: "A Confederacy of Dunces" by Ken Toole
Oh, I seriously beg to differ. It's bleak to read. I see aspects of myself in all the characters, and I see aspects of everyone I know in all the characters. Myrna's letter about her in-pre-production movie, as read from the perspective of one surrounded by hardscrabble Hollywood dreamers, was breathtakingly heartbreaking. I'm not sure how you couldn't identify with a lot of their qualities. It's a deep-diving, expansive study on the worst aspects of hubris and vanity, leaned against each other to better concentrate their withering rays.