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Summary: Disappointment from a really big fan of Garrison Keillor!
Review: Bought the audio of "Guy Stories" thinking it would be like most of the audio tapes I have from this very talented story teller.I guess I expected more humor in this tape/book but instead all we found were some rather weird stories that really did not seem to be the kind of stuff we are used to hearing from this man. I am sorry I bought these tapes, not a big amount of money involved but still total disappointment by the content; not up to what we expect from this man. Thanks
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Summary: Keillor departs from his 'act,' and it's great!
Review: Fans of Garrison Keillor's radio shows and his Lake Woebegon stories will appreciate this dark departure from the all-smiles characters he usually talks about. The lonesome cowboy who can't decide whether to rope cattle or to collect china -- or -- when Dionysius the wine god turns 50. The stories are more 'way involved than I expected, and I'm thinking of buying several copies for Xmas gifts. If you've ever wondered about your relationship and whether anyone else feels like 'guys can't win,' this spells it all out. Gawd, it's funny!
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Summary: Great storytelling (as expected), but not his best...
Review: Garrison Keillor is an excellent storyteller. I have loved my visits to Lake Wobegon, both through his books and his radio broadcast. "The Book of Guys" is the kind of funny, well-crafted storytelling you would expect from Keillor. However, he is not at his best here. These short stories tend to explore some areas that Keillor does not seem to be as comfortable in. They seem, at times, to be an exercise in which G.K. stretched his own limitations, experimenting with different types of characters and situations. It's a very good book -- very funny, and very well-written. But if you haven't read Keiller before, I would recommend "Lake Wobegon Days" first. Yet, even Keillor at his absolute worst (and "Book of Guys" is certainly not this!) would probably be worth reading. The man is simply a great storyteller!
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Summary: Great storytelling (as expected), but not his best...
Review: Garrison Keillor is an excellent storyteller. I have loved my visits to Lake Wobegon, both through his books and his radio broadcast. "The Book of Guys" is the kind of funny, well-crafted storytelling you would expect from Keillor. However, he is not at his best here. These short stories tend to explore some areas that Keillor does not seem to be as comfortable in. They seem, at times, to be an exercise in which G.K. stretched his own limitations, experimenting with different types of characters and situations. It's a very good book -- very funny, and very well-written. But if you haven't read Keiller before, I would recommend "Lake Wobegon Days" first. Yet, even Keillor at his absolute worst (and "Book of Guys" is certainly not this!) would probably be worth reading. The man is simply a great storyteller!
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Summary: My favorite Garrison Keillor book
Review: Garrison Keillor tells tales so well that he can even make male chauvinism laugh-out-loud hilarious. (I suppose that Comedy Central's "The Man Show" can do that, too, for the Neanderthal set). With titles such as "Buddy the Leper" and "Don Juan in Hell," the listener gets a strange mix of characters from all sides of the frustrated male experience in "The Book of Guys." Combined with Keillor's trademark voice and meditative delivery (a national favorite), you get an audio book guaranteed to please everyone, whether or not you hail from Lake Wobegon. A great recording for any guy, or married woman trying to better understand her husband's mind.
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Summary: more laughs from the master storyteller
Review: Garrison Keillor tells tales so well that he can even make male chauvinism laugh-out-loud hilarious. (I suppose that Comedy Central's "The Man Show" can do that, too, for the Neanderthal set). With titles such as "Buddy the Leper" and "Don Juan in Hell," the listener gets a strange mix of characters from all sides of the frustrated male experience in "The Book of Guys." Combined with Keillor's trademark voice and meditative delivery (a national favorite), you get an audio book guaranteed to please everyone, whether or not you hail from Lake Wobegon. A great recording for any guy, or married woman trying to better understand her husband's mind.
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Summary: more laughs from the master storyteller
Review: Garrison Keillor tells tales so well that he can even make male chauvinism laugh-out-loud hilarious. (I suppose that Comedy Central's "The Man Show" can do that, too, for the Neanderthal set). With titles such as "Buddy the Leper" and "Don Juan in Hell," the listener gets a strange mix of characters from all sides of the frustrated male experience in "The Book of Guys." Combined with Keillor's trademark voice and meditative delivery (a national favorite), you get an audio book guaranteed to please everyone, whether or not you hail from Lake Wobegon. A great recording for any guy, or married woman trying to better understand her husband's mind.
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Summary: A Must Read for Men or Women
Review: I decided to write the review for Garrison Keillor's The Book of Guys while watching a hockey game just to put me in the mood. The Book of Guys is a collection of short stories that squeeze in a lot of stereotypes of guys, and should not be read by those who dislike testosterone-laden characters. I, however, found this to be a highly amusing collection of sometimes bizarre, sometimes touching, sometimes tragically pitiable, but always entertaining protagonists. One of the funniest stories, "The Chuck Show of Television," follows the tale of Chuck, a talk show host striving to follow the upright path of journalistic integrity amongst the overabundance of other shows featuring topics such as "Parents Who Sit and Watch Kids Stuff Fistfulls of Dirt in Their Mouths" and "Obese People Involved in Secret Satanic Cult Rites." Chuck is forced to become increasingly controversial to boost his show's ratings. With fame and fortune, Chuck becomes all he never wanted to be, all the while spiraling out of control. One of the most satisfying stories in the collection is "Roy Bradley, Boy Broadcaster," which is the story of a young naïve man whose dreams of being a broadcaster are put on hold as he struggles to find a respectable job and prepare for his marriage to his long-time sweetheart. Nothing goes as planned for the tragically misfortunate Roy as his life speeds past him and his dreams fall one by one into the gutters along the lonesome road he travels on his way to ultimately become just the kind of person he always wanted to be. Zeus and Dionysus make humorous appearances, as well as Casey at the Bat, as Keillor conjectures other scenarios for these famed mythologies. Keillor proves you don't have to be a guy to enjoy these "guy" stories. He manages to work in his own special brand of "Prairie Home Companion" sensitivity into the characters in these works, giving them qualities that aren't necessarily masculine or feminine, but remarkably human.
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Summary: Two hours of my life that I will never get back...
Review: I had never read any of Keillor's books, but if this one was represenative, I'll avoid him completely. The stories were boring and pointless.
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Summary: Not a master of the short story, but VERY funny
Review: I like books that make me laugh out loud, though they're way too few and far between. This one had me laughing throughout, and for that reason alone it is well worth the read. And no, I don't think you'd have to be a guy to enjoy this one. Keillor's writing, besides being very funny, is very literate and clever. Many of the stories come across in much the same way his radio skits and monologues do. But - I wouldn't say that he's quite mastered the written short story genre just yet. Quite a few of the stories have endings that read like Keillor just decided that the story had gone on long enough, so let's see if we can wrap it up in the next 20 words or so. They kind of leave you hanging. However, stylistic demerits aside, this is one very funny book!
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