Customer Reviews
Lie back and relax ... - By: Sidney Cumberland, 05 Jun 2007 
Listen to the CD - then read the book. Once you've got Keillor's voicein your head, you'll never read his books the same way again. Gentle humour about growing upin Lake Wobegon, the town the map-makers missed (yes, it'sin Mist County). Carefully observed detail, related with love (and occasionally impatience). Yes, this is small-town America, & eventually Keillor escaped to the big city. These are the memories of his childhood.
Excellent CD! - By: Misha The Penguin, 22 Mar 2004 This CD is superb - this was my introduction to Keillor when I heard this on Radio 4 & had to go out & buy the book. This is a witty & funny cd - if you are looking for belly laughs go elsewhere as this is subtle humour at its best. Hearing this led me to buy all of Keillors books - & I'm yet to be disappointed!
Hang on! - By: HANNAH HAWKSLEY, 06 Dec 2003 I've been surprised & sorry to see the number of negative reviews 'Lake Wobegon Days'... has everyone missed the point here? This is a really smashing, intimate book. It's not directly autobiographical, but there's elements of autobiography throughout. Lake Wobegon's not a real place, but it may as well be by the time you've finished the book. There is nothing beige or flat about this book. It's quick, it's witty, it's affectionate & discerning & it's a bloomin' bargain at the price. American literature doesn't come much better than this. I urge you to read it. Better still, listen to it on audiobook - Keillor's delivery is superb. You'll laugh quietly to yourself on public transport for days afterwards.
Dull - By: Mrs. K. A. Wheatley, 29 Mar 2001 
I really wanted to like this book. It had potential. It was sometimes amusing, sometimes gentle & tender, but sadly, more often than not, it was just plain boring. It wasn't that it wasn't written well & I thought the idea of capturing what it was like to livein a community like that, especially as it must be so different now, was a lovely one. But I couldn't get over the overwhelming dullness of it.
BEST BOOK EVER - By: , 26 Mar 2001 When I picked up this book, I was slightly overwhelmed by size & thickness of the literal doorstep I heldin my hands. The last book I'd read had been Mike Foley's Autobiography, & although I'd loved every moment of that, I wasn't sure about Garrison Keillor's Modern Day Epic.
I wasn't disappointed though, I felt that with every page I was moving closer to small town America, & drawn into Minneapolis like a dying dog breathing it's last breathe. It was great!
I am reading it now for the third time, & would happily recommned it to everyone, 'cos it's so good it make s me cry real tear
