Novel Recommendation

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

One of the most fascinating, entertaining and comical literary journeys ever embarked upon. The story of Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans is almost as tragic as that of the books author, who was driven to suicide in 1969, before his masterpiece was published to massive critical acclaim.

The story centres around the troubled life of the lazy slob Ignatius, his power struggle with his overbearing, push-over mother, and interactions with dozens of other quirky and interesting characters, all of whom are fantastically conceived and spring to life from the page through what I believe to be the greatest example of comedic descriptiveness ever set to paper.

I always recommend this book to people who say that they want something different, and I've yet to find anybody come back disappointed. So now I'm recommending it to you, be sure to let me know what you thought.