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A Christmas Blizzard (2009)

by Garrison Keillor(Favorite Author)

2.92 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1598879278 (ISBN13: 9781598879278)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

HighBridge Company

review 1: Book Title: The Christmas BlizzardAuthor: Garrison KeillorGenre: General Fiction, HumorRating: 4 StarsFormat: Book on CDIf you've ever listened to Garrison Keillor on "A Prairie Home Companion" telling the tales of Lake Woebegon, you'll know what a joy it is to listen to a storyteller weave a tale that amuses and teaches, all at the same time.I'm still not sure exactly what happened here, but I had a ripping good time listening to it while driving around town for the past week. It's the story of James Sparrow, who is rich beyond his wildest dreams from a stroke of luck. He lives in Chicago with the love of his life, and the only problem he has is that he hates Christmas, mostly because of a bunch of childhood memories of Looseleaf, North Dakota, and a fear of getting his ... moretongue stuck to the frozen pump handle in the winter. It has become an obsession and the only way he can deal with it is to go to Hawaii, where it's warm and there's no chance that he will get his tongue stuck to a frozen pump handle.The story goes on (and on and on) from there, in a convoluted trail involving old friends and family and a lot of strange dreams (or revelations) and an unbelievable ending, but that's okay because it's a pretty tall tale to begin with. I was laughing out loud quite a lot as I was driving around, and that's a good sign.
review 2: A Christmas Blizzard ...well just three stars and maybe that is a bit generous. Perhaps this would have been more enjoyable as an audio book adding some verbal drama and sound effects. The premise is sort of The Christmas Carol. It adds similar fantasy or hallucinations whatever they were but not as eloquently as Charles Dickens. Funky characters which are Keillor's trademark. Small town antics. While there were funny moments, it just was not a terribly engaging read. less

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