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Summary: The human condition, as exemplified by Radio.
Review: I think the Kirkus Reviews summary has this one just about right. This book seems to me like an allegory about Life, as exemplified by the phenomenon that Radio was in its early days. Wonderful humor--Keillor's ear for Midwestern culture is as usual razor-sharp--wonderful stories, and the inevitable sadness at the limits that constrain us all. Lots of sex and dirty jokes, though not all that different from what I remember as a child growing up in Ohio. Many interesting cultural insights as well. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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Summary: Why aren't there more novels like this?
Review: I wish I could find more novels about the early days of radio. I just re-read WLT, actually read it aloud to my ten year old son. As good as the book is on the page, the prose sounds even better when read aloud. Keillor, like Charles Dickens, is really meant to be read out loud. The sentences flow very smoothly and each character has his own unique voice. It is also a fascinating look at the early days of broadcasting, a topic that does not seem to be covered very much in fiction.
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Summary: Why aren't there more novels like this?
Review: I wish I could find more novels about the early days of radio. I just re-read WLT, actually read it aloud to my ten year old son. As good as the book is on the page, the prose sounds even better when read aloud. Keillor, like Charles Dickens, is really meant to be read out loud. The sentences flow very smoothly and each character has his own unique voice. It is also a fascinating look at the early days of broadcasting, a topic that does not seem to be covered very much in fiction.
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Summary: Where has wit gone? Answer: Mostly Minnesota
Review: Mr. Keillor seems to have lived a charmed life. How else can one explain the characters of WLT except by attributing them to real people from his life?
Despite it's ferocious wit, crisp style, and captivating storytelling "WLT" is TRUE, it rings of the true absurdity of personal experience
After reading it I envied Mr. Keillor and wanted to live in a world of his design.
That is, a world of work, of people who don't fit into neat categories, a world of bawdy and outrageous humor, of sadness, of beautiful dreams and bitter realities, a world we inhabit every day and could see if a writer would sit beside us and catalog it.
But why wish for that, if G. Keillor has done it for us already.
And if a good mix of tears and smiles aren't your cup of tea, then just read it for the best laugh you've had in years
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Summary: Too crude to review
Review: That's about all I have say... I didn't even finish it. It's a shame, too, when I was really looking forward to a nice Keillor read.
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Summary: Too crude to review
Review: That's about all I have say... I didn't even finish it. It's a shame, too, when I was really looking forward to a nice Keillor read.
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Summary: awesome, funny beyond belief
Review: The humour/ and sadness in this story is timeless and touching
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Summary: Keillor's dry narrative tone cannot save this book
Review: This book begins as a wonderful midwestern fable, and continues that way for about four chapters: it tells the story of a burdgeoning radio station in the early days of broadcasting. Approximately one third of the way through the book, however, it flounders; it bogs down under its own weight and becomes dark and brooding, and slow-paced. This book will leave your expectations unfulfilled
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Summary: Loved every word
Review: This was a real treat and one book that I think is better as an audio book. Keillor did a great job of bringing a lost era to life. His voice added an extra dimension of enjoyment (loved the songs). Very funny and touching in places. You're going to miss these characters when you finish the book.
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Summary: A lovely tale of a lost era
Review: What a lovely book and what a lovely introduction to Mr Keillor's work. I bought this for 50 English pence from a second hand stall and didn't I get a good deal!! I can't conceive of the imagination required to write a book like this. The characters, the lives they've had and the conversations they have are all outstanding. This book is a funny and sad account of the early days of American radio where the only requirement to become a radio star was to know someone who already worked there. Amateurishness ruled!! the book paints a vivid and charming rendition of the days before disc jockeys (No disc jockeys??!! - I had no idea!) and the de-basing of popular radio. Thoroughly recommended
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