A hilarious coming-of-age novel, "Lake Wobegon Summer 1956" serves up the world according to 14-year-old Gary, an endearing geek, a self-described 'tree-toad', and a writer in the making whose best friend is his Underwood typewriter. Always with humour, and often with great sympathy, charm and honesty, the author tells us a story that both satirises and celebrates the traumas and the passions of adolescence. Keillor takes us back to a newly-minted America. With its post-war optimism and Cold War suspicions of outsiders, the ...
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A hilarious coming-of-age novel, "Lake Wobegon Summer 1956" serves up the world according to 14-year-old Gary, an endearing geek, a self-described 'tree-toad', and a writer in the making whose best friend is his Underwood typewriter. Always with humour, and often with great sympathy, charm and honesty, the author tells us a story that both satirises and celebrates the traumas and the passions of adolescence. Keillor takes us back to a newly-minted America. With its post-war optimism and Cold War suspicions of outsiders, the 1950s are evoked in unforgettable Wobegon fashion.
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Add this copy of Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 (a Lake Wobegon Novel) to cart. $20.72, good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Faber & Faber.
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Good. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Disappointing to see GK wallow in the muck of such graphic, sophomoric meanderings about youth. Are all boys THAT obsessed with reading dirty books and looking at campus porn? GK's considerable humorous talents are wasted on reveries of teen angst and seemingly oversexed youth. I am sorry I wrote my name on the inside cover as owner and reader of this kind of trash. Couldn't finish the thing. Getting out the permanent black marker right now.
