Garrison Keillor's "Pontoon" - Autographed copy


Item Number: 241

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $26

Online Close: May 31, 2008 6:00 PM EDT

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Description

A hardcover copy of the book "Pontoon: A novel of Lake Wobegon" by Garrison Keillor.  The book is autographed by the author. 

From Publishers Weekly:   Keillor's delightful latest addition to the Lake Wobegon series, set in the fictional Minnesota town known to legions of A Prairie Home Companion radio show fans, opens with a typically laconic musing: Evelyn was an insomniac, so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that. The author's storytelling skills come to the fore as he describes Evelyn Peterson, a sprightly 82-year-old whose secret life of romance and adventure is revealed after her death. Her daughter, Barbara, a please-everyone type with a fondness for chocolate liqueur, finds Evelyn dead in bed, and things snowball from there. Debbie Detmer, who made her fortune as an animal therapist for the rich and famous, is planning a grand commitment ceremony (on a pontoon boat in Lake Wobegon) to celebrate her relationship with a private jet time-share salesman. Meanwhile, Barbara plans to carry out her mother's wishes for a cremation ceremony involving a bowling ball filled with her ashes, and then there's the group of Danish Lutheran ministers stopping by Lake Wobegon on their tour of the U.S. Keillor's longtime fans may find some of the material familiar (he notes he's told this story several hundred times... with many variations), but there's plenty of fun to be had with the well-timed deadpans and homespun wit. (Sept.)  - - Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Special Instructions

Hardcover. Brand new.

Donated by

National Trust for Historic Preservation