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Lake Wobegon Days: Original Radio 4 Broadcast (Radio Collection) | 
 enlarge | Author: Garrison Keillor
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £7.80
You Save: £5.19 (40%)
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 64798
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0563494425
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780563494423
ASIN: 0563494425
Publication Date: June 2, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: NEW SEALED 2CD AUDIOBOOK. SHIPS FROM THE UK. EXCHANGE / REFUND GUARANTEE.
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 Lie back and relax ... June 5, 2007
Sidney Cumberland (Rayleigh, Essex, United Kingdom)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Listen to the CD - then read the book. Once you've got Keillor's voice in your head, you'll never read his books the same way again. Gentle humour about growing up in Lake Wobegon, the town the map-makers missed (yes, it's in Mist County). Carefully observed detail, related with love (and occasionally impatience). Yes, this is small-town America, and eventually Keillor escaped to the big city. These are the memories of his childhood.
Excellent CD! March 22, 2004
Misha The Penguin (Newcastle upon Tyne)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This CD is superb - this was my introduction to Keillor when I heard this on Radio 4 and had to go out and buy the book. This is a witty and funny cd - if you are looking for belly laughs go elsewhere as this is subtle humour at its best. Hearing this led me to buy all of Keillors books - and I'm yet to be disappointed!
Hang on! December 6, 2003
HANNAH HAWKSLEY
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've been surprised and sorry to see the number of negative reviews 'Lake Wobegon Days'... has everyone missed the point here? This is a really smashing, intimate book. It's not directly autobiographical, but there's elements of autobiography throughout. Lake Wobegon's not a real place, but it may as well be by the time you've finished the book. There is nothing beige or flat about this book. It's quick, it's witty, it's affectionate and discerning and it's a bloomin' bargain at the price. American literature doesn't come much better than this. I urge you to read it. Better still, listen to it on audiobook - Keillor's delivery is superb. You'll laugh quietly to yourself on public transport for days afterwards.
 Dull March 30, 2001
Mrs. K. A. Wheatley (Leicester, UK)
3 out of 17 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like this book. It had potential. It was sometimes amusing, sometimes gentle and tender, but sadly, more often than not, it was just plain boring. It wasn't that it wasn't written well and I thought the idea of capturing what it was like to live in a community like that, especially as it must be so different now, was a lovely one. But I couldn't get over the overwhelming dullness of it.
 A hard slog... March 26, 2001
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
To describe Keillor's writings here as a novel would be unjustified. Lake Wobegon Days is more a collection of quaint tales that don't particularly relate to one another. The characters change frequently. There is no central thread to hold these stories together. There is no element of shock. There is a degree of confusion and lack of clarity of which character is which. The book serves to tell the story of community life in Lake Wobegon. This life is clever. It's sometimes funny. It's often touchingly ironic. It can be self mocking. But it's not what makes a great read. It's one of those books which is hard to get into. The reader has no cardinal desire to pick it up and read. But it was worth finishing. So it can have two stars. Better luck next time Garrison.
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