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A wealthy and depressed man (thanks to the economy, he's not quite rich enough to expand his cache of paintings by Vincent Van Guy, the famed Dutch realist) bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. The electricity goes out, and when it does, figures from his childhood appear, and historical figures too, for a festive candlelit holiday.
In his reverie, our man reaches an epiphany worthy of the season - he hears the harkening angels sing, he is awed by the silence of the night (dead quiet: not even TV), and when he is finally rescued, leaves North Dakota resolved to simplify his life.
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On the 12th floor of the Acme Building, on a cold February day in St. Paul, Guy Noir looks down the barrel of a loaded revolver in the hands of geezer gangster Joey Roast Beef, who is demanding to hear what lucrative scheme Guy is cooking up with stripper-turned-women's-studies-professor Naomi Fallopian. Everyone wants to know, and Guy faces them one by one, as he and Naomi pursue a dream of earning gazillions by selling a surefire method of dramatic weight loss.
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funny noir spoof
- By Darryl on 07-13-14
By: Garrison Keillor
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Boom Town
- A Lake Wobegon Novel
- By: Garrison Keillor
- Narrated by: Garrison Keillor
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Return to America’s most beloved fictional hometown! Lake Wobegon is having a boom year thanks to millennial entrepreneurship—AuntMildred’s.com Gourmet Meatloaf, for example, or Universal Fire, makers of artisanal firewood seasoned with sea salt. Meanwhile, the author flies in to give eulogies at the funerals of five classmates, including a couple whom he disliked, and he finds a wave of narcissism crashing on the rocks of Lutheran stoicism.
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Hope you aren't conservative in any way.
- By Thomas S. Ashton on 04-27-22
By: Garrison Keillor
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Pontoon
- A Novel of Lake Wobegon
- By: Garrison Keillor
- Narrated by: Garrison Keillor
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Garrison Keillor's latest book is about the wedding of a girl named Dede Ingebretson, who comes home from California with a guy named Brent. Dede has made a fortune in veterinary aromatherapy; Brent bears a strong resemblance to a man wanted for extortion who's pictured on a poster in the town's post office. Then there's the memorial service for Dede's aunt Evelyn, who led a footloose and adventurous life after the death of her husband 17 years previously.
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Brillliant but not lighthearted
- By Shel on 10-01-07
By: Garrison Keillor
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77 Love Sonnets
- By: Garrison Keillor
- Narrated by: Garrison Keillor
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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"When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29, 'When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state', for English class. And 50 years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth." --Garrison Keillor
By: Garrison Keillor
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- DAVID
- 12-25-14
An Odd Story of Middle-age Angst.
Well....even bad Keillor is still better than most others' efforts. I felt like the last chapter got left out. But it's still ol' Garrison - pathos and guffaws on every page.
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- Phil
- 12-16-24
wonderful, magical story.
This is a really wonderful , funny and charming Christmas story. Thank you for this Audible gift.
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- Judith
- 02-29-12
Warm & humorous winter story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Recommend especially around Christmas...a grand winter story that is funny, reflective, and warms the heart!
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Garrison is the superb midwestern storyteller!
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- Gretchen Janssen
- 12-09-22
Worn Out
I used to love the Prairie Home Companion. Now I understand why it's not a thing anymore. Story was dull and hos voice put me to sleep.
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- Eileen
- 12-23-11
True Meaning of Life not just Christmas
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I loved this story. It brings to mind how different we all are and if we only take the time to listen we might understand each other. It was funny and thought provoking.
Which scene was your favorite?
The Christmas Eve dinner party
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
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- brent.holt
- 10-31-16
Great as always
Our greatest storyteller has done it again.
Such an easy thing to understand when he describes the details.
Just love this guy.
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- Amy
- 01-02-13
I laughed and I cried
Would you listen to A Christmas Blizzard again? Why?
I will probably listen to this again next year. I really laughed so hard that I was tearing up!
What did you like best about this story?
I LOVE Keillor's dry sense of humor. I'm so glad that he read it because he delivers it so well!
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- Rebecca Dotson
- 11-12-24
Great Christmas Tale
Well read and interesting. Not your typical christmas story but so good! Very well worth the listen.
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- Nancy Ekse
- 01-19-23
Comforting
GK’s voice is calling, relaxing, nostalgic. A nice story at the perfect length. Only thing not provided is the nice mug of cocoa.
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- Polish Princess
- 12-12-11
For Keillor Fans
I wish I could give this book a higher rating, but unfortunately I just can't. Although Garrison Keillor's familiar voice is like listening to an old friend, the book flags in the middle. It is hard for me to finish it. There are some very, very funny parts to it, but I suspect that Garrison Keillor's forte is in telling and writing shorter stories than this. If you're looking for a little something to put you in the holiday spirit and you're a diehard fan, then you might want to drop your credit on listening to this book during your work drive or as you wrap presents. But for me, it just didn't sustain my interest the way the Lake Wobegon stories do.
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