New Orleans, Louisiana: Statue of Ignatius J. Reilly
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Chateau Bourbon Hotel
- Address:
- Canal St., New Orleans, LA
- Directions:
- On the sidewalk entrance to Chateau Bourbon Hotel (former site of D.H. Holmes Dept. Store from the book), on the northeast side of Canal St. between Dauphine and Bourbon Sts.
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The unlikely hero of John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces," in life-size bronze.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [04/26/2015]Visitor Tips and News About Statue of Ignatius J. Reilly
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The Ignatius J. Reilly statue has been returned to its rightful place on Canal Street. A friend photographed it on October 11, 2011.
[JB, 10/12/2011]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]
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.
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