New York: Viking, 2009 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 297pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [small bump @ top edge of back cover boards; else F]

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Lake Wobegon goes to Italy in Garrison Keillor's latest Twelve Wobegonians fly to Rome to decorate a war hero's grave, led by Marjorie Krebsbach, with radio host Gary Keillor along for the ride. The pilgrimage is inspired by a phone call from an Italian woman seeking her Lake Wobegon roots and by a memoir O Paradiso by a farm wife who found the secret of life and love in Italy. And by marjorie's longing to win back the love of her husband Carl. Far from home, sitting in the rain in the Piazza Navona, the pilgrims talks about themselves, as they never could do in the Chatterbox Café. "You're not going to write about this, I hope," says Irene Bunsen. "Of course I am. I invented this town," says Mr. Keillor. "Oh my, aren't you something," she replies.

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Bookseller: Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23077
Title: Pilgrims: A Woebegon Romance (signed)
Author: Keillor, Garrison
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2009 1st ed.
ISBN 10: 0670021091
ISBN 13: 9780670021093
Publisher: New York: Viking
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
This edition first published: 2009-09
Keywords: AMERICAN FICTION HUMOR ROME ITALY LAKE WOEBEGON TRIP
Bookseller catalogs: American Fiction;

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