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Pontoon ebook by garrison keillor 9781101202548 rakuten kobo. One evening last month, my wife and i were settling into our seats at the metropolitan opera. Sep 23, 2007 garrison keillors last fulllength fictional trip to lake wobegon occurred in 2001, when he cast his mind back to the town in the summer of 1956. Evelyn was an insomniac, so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that. Pontoon, garrison keillors first lake wobegon novel in six years, abounds with goodhumored satire, lyrical evocations of keillors beloved midwestern community and characters as believable as your nextdoor neighborsin these parlous latter days, contemporary fiction isnt, heaven forbid, supposed to be entertaining and funny. October 15, 2007 garrison keillor, creator and host of the popular radio program, a prairie home companion, talks about his latest novel, pontoon, and shares news from the fictional lake. Pontoon lake wobegon novels, keillor, garrison, good book pontoon lake wobegon. Feb 16, 2018 the star tribune reported that the informant was dan rowles, who had been a close associate of garrison keillor and 16year employee with the show. Garrison keillor did a prairie home companion for forty years, wrote fiction and comedy, invented a town called lake wobegon where all the children are above average, even though he himself grew up evangelical in a small separatist flock where all the children expected the imminent end of the world. A lake wobegon novel rating select rating 1 star worst 2 stars 3 stars average 4 stars 5 stars best name. Pontoon by garrison keillor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. There he began his broadcasting career on the studentoperated radio station, named radio k. Garrison keillor reads pontoon at the 92nd street y youtube. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion.