A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toole
Characters in A Confederacy of Dunces
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Ignatius J. Reilly
A grandiose, medievalist misfit who despises the modern world and is forced to seek work.
Supporting characters
Irene Reilly
Ignatius's put-upon, wine-drinking mother.
Myrna Minkoff
Ignatius's activist pen-pal and intellectual rival in New York.
Burma Jones
A sharp, underpaid porter at the Night of Joy bar who sees through everyone.