This collection, the first of its kind, brings together specially commissioned academic essays to mark fifty years since the death of John Kennedy Toole. "This eclectic anthology of chapters on A Confederacy of Dunces, the first of its kind, represents a milestone event in Toole studies, bringing together a diversity of perceptive approaches to the novel. This outstanding collection should appeal to anyone wishing to increase their appreciation and understanding of Toole's comic masterpiece. "