Wobegon Boy

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [x], 305, [5]. Quarter-bound black cloth over turquoise paper boards lettered and ruled in gilt to spine; author's initials blind-stamped to upper board. Tan, speckled endpapers, deckled fore-edge. Jacket design by Paul Buckley of a painting by C.F. Payne (priced $24.95 to front flap).

A Book-of-the-Month Club Dual Main Selection. After landing his dream job as a public-radio manager in upstate New York, Lake Wobegon native John Tollefson falls for Columbia University historian Alida Freeman, but still feels he doesn't quite measure up to his enterprising ancestors. Fourth in the Lake Wobegon series and the sequel to the original, Lake Wobegon Days (1985). It was preceded by the Lake Wobegon collections of stories, Leaving Home (1987), and We Are Still Married (1989). Keillor is the creator and long-term host of A Prairie Home Companion on Minnesota Public Radio. "Possibly the best thing he's ever written... delivers all that you'd expect. It's laugh-out-loud funny. And it will break your heart." –Rocky Mountain News