by Garrison Keillor
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Editorial ReviewA national holiday in Lake Wobegon is always gaudy and joyful. But what is going on between Clint Bunsen and Miss Liberty?
Clint Bunsen is one of the old reliables in Lake Wobegon-- the treasurer of the Lutheran church and the auto mechanic who starts your car on below-zero mornings. For six years he has run the Fourth of July parade, turning what was once a line of pickup trucks and girls pushing baby carriages that hold their cats into an event of dazzling spectacle. Blazing bands, marching units, cannons, horses, a fireworks show, and the famous Living Flag--one thousand men and women wearing red, white, or blue, standing in formation--have attracted the attention of CNN and prompted the governor to put in an appearance as well. The town is dizzy with anticipation. Until, that is, they hear of Clint's ambition to run for Congress. They're embarrassed for him. They know him too well--his unfortunate episodes involving vodka sours, his rocky marriage. And then there is his friendship, or whatever it is, with the twenty-four-year-old girl who dresses up as the Statue of Liberty for the parade. It's rumored that underneath those robes she is buck naked, and that her torch contains a quart of booze.
It's Lake Wobegon as it's always been--good loving people who drive each other crazy.
Customer Reviews:
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
- Vintage Keillor
Reviewers here are so critical!
Yes, this is a little darker than Pontoon, but with a real gift of character development and K's signature manner of juxtaposing being good with being happy. The denoument is beautiful and heart-warming.
Garrison Keillor is a national treasure.
- Liberty
Typical Garrison Keillor offering. Excellent character development, irony, humor, folksy wisdom, everything you've come to expect from the Lake Wobegone collection. Great read. Enjoy.
- Read LIBERTY and you'll never think of the Fourth of July in quite the same way again
Is Clint Bunsen suffering a midlife crisis? He is convinced by a faulty DNA lab report that he is part slightly over half Hispanic, which differs strongly from what his family has always believed: that they are absolutely, positively 100% Norwegian. He attempts to shed his sturdy, Midwestern persona by thinking in Spanish and ordering some rather flamboyant clothing to wear on July 4th.
Clint's wife of many years is getting on his nerves, and he has met a hottie: a twenty-something woman named... more info
- Keillor Embraces the Dark Side
Garrison Keillor must hate his Lake Wobegon almost as much as he loves it. Though Keillor is not known for Village Virus writing like his Midwestern predecessors Sinclair Lewis and Sherwood Anderson, in _Liberty_ Keillor has embraced the dark side of his charming and quirky small town, for here his characters are not simply odd: they are deranged, depressed, and even bitter at times. Rather than being repulsed by this darkness, however, readers should be ready to embrace it. In the novel, the plight of... more info
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