- Fiction, humorous, general, American Short stories, Wit and humor, Large type books
A collection of short stories from America's favorite midwestern wit.
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Comic, classical in form, warm and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Garrison Keillor
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 269
- Publisher
- Atheneum, Penguin Publishing Group, G.K. Hall
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140064827
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First sentence
“It was one of those sweltering days toward the end of the fiscal year when Minneapolis smells of melting asphalt and foundation money is as tight as a rusted nut.”
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