What year was "A Confederacy of Dunces" published?
1980
1981
1979
1982
Answer
"A Confederacy of Dunces" was published in 1981, posthumously, as the author, John Kennedy Toole, had taken his own life in 1969. The novel was rejected by publishers during Toole's lifetime, but was eventually discovered and championed by Walker Percy, who helped secure its publication.
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