{"id":8575,"date":"2023-01-23T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=8575"},"modified":"2023-01-23T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T07:31:00","slug":"books-the-lake-wobegon-virus-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/books-the-lake-wobegon-virus-a-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Books &#8211; The Lake Wobegon Virus: A Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor return to one of America&#8217;s most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of alarming candor.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>I have been following the authorship of Garrison Keilor for years had many a good laugh following the life of the Norwegians and Germans in the little town Lake Wobegone in Mist county, Minnesota. Somehow this book went under my radar so now I can&#8217;t wait to sit down and read it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/books-the-lake-wobegon-virus-a-novel\/the-lake-wobegon-virus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Lake-Wobegon-virus.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"333,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Lake Wobegon virus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Lake-Wobegon-virus.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8577 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Lake-Wobegon-virus.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Lake-Wobegon-virus.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Lake-Wobegon-virus.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lake-Wobegon-Virus-Novel\/dp\/195099418X\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2X42ZWX3GSR34&amp;keywords=Garrison+keilor&amp;qid=1674456358&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjE3IiwicXNhIjoiMi44NCIsInFzcCI6IjIuNzgifQ%253D%253D&amp;sprefix=garrison+keillor%252Caps%252C176&amp;sr=8-5&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=norweggeneala-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=29886f8f1d8348d4a67a27c0c9d1128d&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lake Wobegon Virus: A Novel<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider is buying up farmland for a Keep America Truckin\u2019 motorway and amusement park, estimated to draw 2.2 million visitors a year. Clint Bunsen and Elena the hometown epidemiologist to the rescue, with a Fourth of July Living Flag and sweet corn feast for a finale.<\/p>\n<p>In his Lake Wobegon novel, Garrison Keillor takes us back to the small prairie town where for so long American readers and listeners have found laughter as well as the wry airing of our foibles and most familiar desires and fears\u2014a town where, as we know, &#8220;all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Get your copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lake-Wobegon-Virus-Novel\/dp\/195099418X\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2X42ZWX3GSR34&amp;keywords=Garrison+keilor&amp;qid=1674456358&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjE3IiwicXNhIjoiMi44NCIsInFzcCI6IjIuNzgifQ%253D%253D&amp;sprefix=garrison+keillor%252Caps%252C176&amp;sr=8-5&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=norweggeneala-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=29886f8f1d8348d4a67a27c0c9d1128d&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lake Wobegon Virus A Novel<\/a> on Amazon<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor return to one of America&#8217;s most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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