Managing Ignatius : The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans

Author: Jerry Strahan
List Price: $19.00
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ISBN: 0767903242
Publisher: Broadway (16 February, 1999)
Sales Rank: 31,390
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
More onions, please!
What a treat it was to read "Managing Ignatius" by Jerry Strahan. I had only recently been introduced to "A Confederacy Of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole and was lucky enough to happen across a review of "Managing Ignatius" on the Internet. Of course, in a matter of days I was having trouble putting down this delightful book. I even took time to give it a meaty thumbs-up in the Waxahachie (Texas) Daily Light newspaper where I was able to even incorporate a photo my friend Liberty took when she was in the French Quarter and spied a Lucky Dogs vendor on a hot July day. For people who are interested in the human condition and the hot dog condition, "Managing Ignatius" (A great title depsite what the Baton Rouge Advocate says) is a must-have for people interested in the outrageous and that glorious city, New Orleans. -Andrew West Griffin in the Lone Star State

Rating: 3 out of 5
I relished this funky French Quarter primer
As a "Confederacy of Dunces" freak, Strahan's title caught my eye as I was searching for New Orleans travel books. I recommend this funny, engaging book to anyone who enjoys quirky, colorful (and real life!) characters -- but especially to folks planning a vacation to the Big Easy. Playing straight man, Strahan not only humanizes the vendors who hawk Lucky Dogs for a living, he gives readers a real taste of the Quarter.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Stellar!
Several books you have to read if you're interested in "Confederacy": "The Neon Bible," "Ignatius Rising," McCrae's "Bark of the Dogwood" (if Toole were still alive he might have written this), and this book, "Managing Ignatius."

You don't HAVE to have been from New Orleans to enjoy any of these books, but it helps. Long live Southern literature!!!!!



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