His aunt, Santa Battaglia, befriends another character who drinks muscatel wine after heating it in her oven and lives next door to Miss Annie.  
One character in this work is forced to wear ballet tights and a yellow sweater, and had earlier been assaulted by another character outside the D.H. Holmes department store.  His aunt, Santa Battaglia, befriends another character who drinks muscatel wine after heating it in her oven and lives next door to Miss Annie.  That character had earlier crashed her car into a pole, which occurred after an argument started by her son ended with the arrest of Claude Robichaux, who would later appear as a suitor to the mother of the protagonist of this work.  That protagonist befriends Mr. Gonzalez and Miss Trixie while working at Levy Pants before being replaced by Mr. Zalatino when he attempts to lead a factory strike.  For 10 points—name this work about Irene and Ignatius J. Reilly, a novel set in New Orleans by John Kennedy Toole.
One character in this work is forced to wear ballet tights and a yellow sweater, and had earlier been assaulted by another character outside the D.H. Holmes department store.  
A {Confederacy} of {Dunces}