false <![CDATA[Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel (Lake Wobegon Novels)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256044389m/3456874.jpg 3456874 9 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. 3498133 16 9 2008 Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel (Lake Wobegon Novels) total:245|5:23|4:72|3:89|2:45|1:17| 245 774 351 81 2 4 false false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 12:59:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 10:19:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 10:18:37 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 10:20:19 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 16:54:22 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 18:16:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:04:09 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:23:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:34:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:36:24 -0700 2009
Maybe the problem in “Liberty” is that he is much less skillful at linking those vignettes. In his zeal t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 20:41:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:22:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:08:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:08:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:08:06 -0800 2009 Liberty, The Fourth of July is fast approachin...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 18:13:02 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 18:13:37 -0700 2008 1
Are there any wome...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 19:52:23 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:26:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 18:43:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 19:34:42 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Wed Sep 24 11:37:43 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 11:39:19 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 18:03:17 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 08:37:33 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:31:58 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:43:42 -0800 2009 Pontoon released earlier this year, I couldn't wait for Liberty to come out. The two books have little in common, other than being set in Lake Wobegon. This one follows the midlife crisis of Clint Bunsen. Although Keillor does have some fun descriptive tangents, I found...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 08:51:38 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 19:12:32 -0800 2008
Some good nuggets of description that make you pause and laugh, though not as many as PONTOON.

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"Folks in the bullshit professions have to struggle--write up thei...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3456874