New Orleans, Louisiana - Statue of Ignatius J. Reilly

Address:
800 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA
Directions:
On sidewalk entryway in front of a Chateau Senesta hotel (former site of D.H. Holmes Dept. Store, depicting a scene from the book), north/east side of Canal St. (800 block) between Dauphine and Bourbon Streets.

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New Orleans, Louisiana - Ignatius J. Reilly statue

Someone attempted unsuccessfully to steal the statue again the first week of December, 2009. It has been removed, but no one seems to know exactly where it is. [JB, 01/25/2010]

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Bronze statue of Ignatius J. Reilly, bumbling hero of Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Temporarily removed by hotel in 2007 due to attempted thefts! But, thankfully, it was put back. [Kate Zarvis, 06/10/2008]

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