The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble crusade against vice, modernity and ignorance. But his momma has a nasty surprise in store for him. Ignatius must get a job. Undaunted, he uses his newfound employment to further his mission - and now he has a pirate costume and a hot-dog cart to do it with ...

'A fine, funny novel ...the sort of book one wants to keep quoting from' Anthony Burgess