New York:: The Viking Press,, (2001.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A somewhat satirical, sometimes hilariously funny, but also sympathetic novel of growing up in small town Minnesota in the fifties, and coming of age as a writier, by the humorist who is the host and writer of PBS's 'A Prairie Home Companion.' 291 pp

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The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from heaven wondering how the boy turned out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about The New Yorker and also how to swear and exhale smoke rings. But this is a summer of change for Gary: he fights back against his bullying born-again sister and his tyrannical teacher, and most significantly, he receives an Underwood typewriter-a typewriter that will help Gary believe he can become a writer. With his trademark gift for treading "a line delicate as a cobweb between satire and sentiment" ( The Cleveland Plain Dealer ), Keillor's touching and funny novel brilliantly captures a newly minted America and delivers an unforgettable comedy about the universal aspects of adolescence-from first loves to fear and fascination with bodily functions.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 41209
Title: LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956.
Author: Keillor, Garrison
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Jacket Condition: like
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670030031
ISBN 13: 9780670030033
Publisher: The Viking Press,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2001.)
Keywords: radio, minnesota, coming of age story,
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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