The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces

After some delay, my new book, The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces – How Ignatius J. Reilly Defeated Hollywood, was finally published on December 2, 2022, by McFarland.

For more than 40 years, dozens of film directors, writers and producers tried and failed to adapt John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Along the way lawsuits were filed, filming locations destroyed, friendships shattered, reputations trashed, production companies bankrupted. Drawing on exclusive interviews, internal documents and private correspondence, this book tells the remarkable story of the non-making of A Confederacy of Dunces as a breathless and absurdist thriller. Celebrity appearances include John Belushi, Steven Soderbergh, Stephen Fry, Robin Williams, Warren Beatty and Harvey Weinstein, among others.

For more information, please visit my publisher’s homepage:
McFarland – The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces

Samples and excerpts can be read via Google Books:
Google Books – The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces

The book is available as e-book and paperback from every established retailer. American readers can purchase it from the following sites, for example:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble

British readers may purchase it from:
Blackwells
Eurospan

German readers can get a signed copy from IFFMA Shop:
IFFMA Shop

More news will be posted as reviews come in. Stay tuned!