I bet you cook good, huh? Darlene asked. Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius…

John Kennedy Toole
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I bet you cook good, huh? Darlene asked. Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically. She burns. ✨ John Kennedy Toole (2004). A Confederacy of Dunces, p.31, LSU Press
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