The Barnes & Noble ReviewBeing a Garrison Keillor fan is a bit like having an especially obscure hobby: You're slightly reluctant to talk about it with strangers, because you suspect they'll ask a lot of questions, look a bit baffled by your answers, and decide you're a little weird. But run into a fellow devotee and you both burst into big, unseemly grins. Ah, you've walked the streets of Lake Wobegon like I have, you've tasted lemon meringue pie at the Chatterbox Cafe. You know Garrison like I know Garrison. Little more need be said.Those who love Keillor — those who revel in his sly wit, his understated brand of humor — really love him. They don't miss his weekly radio show, which features old-fashioned musical acts, goofy skits with strictly G-rated humor, and the show's pièce de résistance, The News from Lake Wobegon. Narrated by Keillor in his offbeat, hypnotic style, it's always a lovingly recounted, seemingly aimless story about the self-conscious, self-deprecating residents of a mythic Minnesota town called Lake Wobegon. Fans no doubt are already rejoicing over the release of Wobegon Boy, Keillor's first Lake Wobegon book in 10 years. Once again, Keillor meticulously conjures the delightfully quirky, smaller-than-life town of Lake Wobegon. Anyone who loves old-fashioned storytelling will set one foot in this book and drift into paradise.Our Wobegon boy is John Tollefson, who first appeared in the 1985 novel Lake WobegonDays, an affable, middle-aged man born and bred in the depths of Lake Wobegon and half-heartedly trying to escape the 'thinksmall'ethos it instilled in him. He's been languishing in Minneapolis for 10 years, hanging on to a girl he has no intention of marrying. When she finally leaves him, he musters the momentum to get out of town and talks his way into a job managing a new radio station in upstate New York at St.