num_pages: 337
description: This book is a humorous account of life in fictitious Lake Wobegon, in Minnesota - a heartland small town. Its early chapters are written in the form and style of a history of the town and later ones chronicle the lives, activities and concerns of the town's inhabitants."This is the funniest, most original book I've read in a long time ... it is also something new in comic writing, a gem, a masterpiece, a modern classic, better than all that, it is something that will make you laugh out loud." - Stanley Reynolds, Punch
language: English
title: Lake Wobegon Days
titlecomplete: Lake Wobegon Days
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 7854
places: Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, Minnesota
series: Lake Wobegon
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Faber and Faber