A Confederacy of Dunces

This is a book about a stupid smart person and lots of stupid stupid people. That cast of characters is bound to be funny, but also to bring out every cynical tendency you have ever had. I didn't dislike it because it's bad. A Confederacy of Dunces is, as every other review points out, pretty brilliant. I disliked it because it left me with the same apathetic and jaded feeling I had after reading Catch 22.