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Title: A true genius has indeed appeared....
Review: The novel is based upon Jonathan Swift's epigram found in his "Thoughts on Various Subjects", which reads, "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." The novel simply tells the story of Ignatius, a lazy, slothful, borish, rude, yet attractively humorous man, and his escapades with the common people that surround him.Read the opening few pages, and you will be very impressed not only by Toole's sophisticated diction, but by the magical scenes that he is able to create.
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