Saturday, November 22, 2014
Review: Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Keillor impresses the hell out of with this creative, original word play and droll humour that seems to spring effortlessly, naturally, and eternally as resident historian and reported of Lake Woebegone. Parts of this reminds me of what I like most of [a:Tom Robbins|197|Tom Robbins|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1351102884p2/197.jpg]. Keillor, however, so constantly and continually spins ou tthe witticisms that at times it threatens to be tiring - I just have to set the book down for a bit and savor before I forget the impressions...
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