Keillor's best stuff is clean (in the sense that lines are clean) down to earth exquisitely good-hearted highly ludicrous and as labored as nitrous oxide.... This book will either leave you dumbfounded or happy<b>--</b>almost deservedly happy<b>--</b>to be anywhere <b>--The New York Times Book Review</b><p>His humor is cerebral and complex a blend of romance and nostalgia; it sparklingly parodies the American (and human) condition.... His stories and satires glow with a sense of time and place. <b>--The Washington Post</b></p>