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A Confederacy of Dunces
Ignatius J. Reilly, jobless and full of opinions in New Orleans, meets work, his mother, and the law in Toole's posthumous Pulitzer winner.
3,089-word summary · 14 min read
literary fiction + satire
4 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “satire”.
The Master and Margarita
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
3,146-word summary · 14 min read
Yellowface
Struggling writer June steals her dead friend Athena's manuscript and publishes it as Juniper Song.
2,081-word summary · 9 min read