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Post by bridgeplayer on Sept 27, 2016 19:44:44 GMT
Although I counted as many as thirteen different street views of the statue since 2007, they never get any clearer than this:  So I replaced the statue with an actor who played the character:  Non-revealing SV image please.  |
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Post by bridgeplayer on Sept 28, 2016 15:17:35 GMT
A clue seems to be in order. This whalelike man is the protagonist of a novel. (I have known about it for decades, but I have only now started reading it, and it’s great and very funny.)
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Post by lockhopper on Sept 28, 2016 21:48:55 GMT
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Post by krenek on Sept 30, 2016 18:39:14 GMT
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Post by bridgeplayer on Sept 30, 2016 20:59:29 GMT
Here is another clue: The novel is set in this city. The writer lived there and knew it well.  |
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Post by krenek on Oct 1, 2016 4:48:51 GMT
  thanks for the clues! gosh, i never heard of it, i do belong to them!!!  |
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“ Armchair Traveller - Love to Roam Google Streets - 8 Star Local Guide of Google Maps „
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Post by CuriousJM on Oct 1, 2016 5:51:18 GMT
Thanks for the clues.  |
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Post by bridgeplayer on Nov 14, 2016 17:21:19 GMT
Well done lockhopper, krenek and CuriousJM. Statue of Ignatius J. Reilly, protagonist of John Kennedy Toole’s novel A Confederacy of Dunces, published posthumously in 1980.
Canal Street, New Orleans. 29.9542°N, 90.0702°W. |
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