Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (Lake Wobegon Series)

Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (Lake Wobegon Series)

by Garrison Keillor (Author)

Synopsis

In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who wishes for her ashes to be placed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake, no prayers, no hymns, thank you very much. Meanwhile, a wedding between a veterinary aromatherapist and her boyfriend Brent is set to take place aboard a pontoon boat. Then a delegation of renegade Lutheran pastors from Denmark comes to town on their tour of America - their punishment for having denied the divinity of Jesus. And then there is Raoul of the cigars and tinted shades, come to visit his elderly lover. All is in readiness for the wedding - the French champagne, the flying Elvis, the giant duck decoys - until something quite unexpected happens..

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Open market ed.
Publisher: Faber
Published: 07 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 057124016X
ISBN 13: 9780571240166
Book Overview: Welcome to Lake Wobegon and another classic humorous tale of small-time life and colourful characters.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2008.

Author Bio
Garrison Keillor lives in St Paul, Minnesota, where he records a hugely successful radio show, A Prairie Home Companion and writes a weekly column, The Old Scout. He is the author of many novels, including the Lake Wobegon series, and wrote and appeared in the movie A Prairie Home Companion.