Wobegon Boy (hard cover)
Format: hard cover
ISBN:
0067087807
Publish date: 1997
Publisher: penquin group
Pages no: 305
Edition language: English
Confirmed my suspicion that Garrison Keillor is a hilarious teller of sentimental and poignant stories. Ultimately leans toward the sweet of bittersweet.
Opening: I am a cheerful man, even in the dark, and it's all thanks to a good Lutheran mother. When I was a boy, if I came around looking glum and mopey, she said, "What's the matter? Did the dog pee on your cinnamon toast?" and the thought of our old black mutt raising his hind leg in the pas de do...