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[David Morris]

>From: "Tim Strzechowski" <dedalus204 at attbi.com>
>>What I like about _Confederacy_ is the collection of quirky, almost 
>>Dickensian characters. That's why I originally brought it up re: this 
>>thread. And Morris, I can only imagine what your fellow citygoers think of 
>>Ignatius J. Reilly!  I'm curious, though: why is he so "loved"?

A life-sized bronze satue of Ignatius J. Reilly stands beneath the DH Holmes 
(a defunct department store) clock on Canal Street,

http://www.reelneworleanstalent.com/spud/ignatius.html

a past traditional "I'll meet you at" location, back when Canal St was still 
a shopping destination.  In the novel he is a complete failure as a Lucky 
Dog vendor,

http://www.justbearlyneworleans.com/images/ken12x16luckydog.jpg
http://www.peterbriant.com/luckydog.htm ]

a job typically filled bt those just barely above the gutter.

[See this review of a memoir by a manager of Lucky Dogs vendor for 20 years: 
_Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in the Quarter_  
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0767903242/reviews/103-2890392-7589441 
  ]

This is a very quirky, almost third-world, and very parochial city with a 
tradition of appreciating strange characters and loving the absurd.  
Ignatius is very real here.

David Morris


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