Amanda
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the stranger books in the American literary canon. It's a...polarizing satire full of awful and grotesque characters, and one that I find easier to admire than enjoy.
I was genuinely curious how the novel would translate to graphic novel, and I have to say that the illustrations are phenomenal. Monteys captures both the city and the characters well; in fact, the characters are so spot-on that people who have read Toole's novel will be able to tell who's who based solely on the drawings.
Where I think the graphic novel fails is in the telling of the tale. The text comes from the original novel, but so much is by necessity left out that most of the satire is just gone, leaving us with a book that feels devoid of purpose.
Received via NetGalley.
A Confederacy of Dunces is one of the stranger books in the American literary canon. It's a...polarizing satire full of awful and grotesque characters, and one that I find easier to admire than enjoy.
I was genuinely curious how the novel would translate to graphic novel, and I have to say that the illustrations are phenomenal. Monteys captures both the city and the characters well; in fact, the characters are so spot-on that people who have read Toole's novel will be able to tell who's who based solely on the drawings.
Where I think the graphic novel fails is in the telling of the tale. The text comes from the original novel, but so much is by necessity left out that most of the satire is just gone, leaving us with a book that feels devoid of purpose.
Received via NetGalley.