Contemporary American Authors rate the Best Books of the Past 25 years

Alex · 05-23-2006, 09:32 PM

I enjoyed Confederacy of Dunces more than any other book mentioned but I've never understood why people like it so much as they do.

That said, I would argue it shouldn't be mentioned at all since it was written before 1964 (42 years ago), though it wasn't published until
1980. The author wasn't even alive within the 25 year window (killing himself in 1969). It may have been published in the last 25 years (if by 25 you mean 26) but it is a product of a different era of writing.

05-23-2006, 09:32 PM	#18
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I enjoyed Confederacy of Dunces more than any other book mentioned but I've never understood why people like it so much as they do. That said, I would argue it shouldn't be mentioned at all since it was written before 1964 (42 years ago), though it wasn't published until 1980. The author wasn't even alive within the 25 year window (killing himself in 1969). It may have been published in the last 25 years (if by 25 you mean 26) but it is a product of a different era of writing.
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