confederacy of dunces

I keep seeing this book being read on the train, mentioned on various internet spots, etc. Is there some resurgence of interest in toole? I know I read it quite a bit after it came out, but its strange to keep running into it now.

Boris - Akuma No Ata (2003)

This album pretty much captures everything good about heavy rock n roll from the beginnings of Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to stoner metal and 21st century instrumental/experimental metal (for me, since I'm new to the latter part of that).