e-Book Radio Romance download

by Garrison Keillor

ISBN: 0571166849
ISBN13: 978-0571166848
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber; First Edition edition (August 28, 1992)
Pages: 408
Category: United States
Subategory: Literature

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The glory days of Midwest radio prove the ideal subject for old radio-hand Keillor, now writing at the height of his awesome power, which could make a homesick cat laugh

The glory days of Midwest radio prove the ideal subject for old radio-hand Keillor, now writing at the height of his awesome power, which could make a homesick cat laugh. Brothers Ray and Roy Soderbjerg set up station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in Minneapolis in 1926 to draw crowds to their wilting sandwich restaurant.

For more than 30 years as the host of "A Prairie Home Companion", he has captivated millions of public radio listeners with his weekly "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues. Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including "Time, The New Yorker", and "National Geographic", in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Библиографические данные

Brilliantly weaving together the real lives and radio lives of his characters, Garrison Keillor has given us a comic, poignant, and slightly steamy novel, full of romance, intrigue, tough business, and loose living.

WLT: A Radio Romance is a 1991 novel by Garrison Keillor. The book reached the top ten of The New York Times Best Seller list in 1991. The story is about people associated with a fictional Minneapolis radio station called WLT. The events of the book. The events of the book span from the early years of radio broadcasting until the early years of television.

WLT, a radio romance. by. Keillor, Garrison. The novel upon which Keillor has worked over the last 15 years. A treasure for his myriad fans. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis.

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Narrated by Garrison Keillor. See what WLT was "really like" before it became the radio station featured in the Robert Altman film.

Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon

Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon. When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done-a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet.

In 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and found station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in order to rescue their failing restaurant and become the sandwich kings of South Minneapolis. For the next 25 years the station produces an array of shows and stars.

Comments:

Dagdalas

I read "WLT" before purchasing this audiobook. After a few chapters I knew I would enjoy it more when told by the author, and I wasn't disappointed. As Keillor himself might say, it's a pretty good book, made even better by his resonant, wry delivery.

Faugami

Typical Keillor. As is usually the case, Mr. Keillor shows that he is an excellent student of the human condition. Made me wonder just how many of the episodes/instances in the book actually happened in radio studios during the early years of radio.

JoJoshura

The ribald antics which flow through Mr. Keillor's tribute to old-time radio is not his typical fare. He somehow successfully pulls off a combination of down-home humor and sexual exploits without being offensive. Maturity is in short supply for the quirky characters who inhabit the author's world. The chapter entitled "The Long Night" kept me in stitches from beginning to end. Mr. Keillor's humor is a deadpan delivery with just the right touch of playful irony. The feel of the work is much like I imagined E.B. White would have composed after a few snootfuls of moonshine. An absolutely stupendous book.

Jare

10/10
Terrific story about the beginnings of radio and how one young man had a life-long love affair with the electronic media..
Very funny, very poignant, very accurate as an historical overview....well worth the time.
The Abridged Audio Book version is almost as good as the Book version, almost, not totally.

Tamesya

I like the romantic story telling of a small radio station through the lives of several people. It is not a sappy good times type of story. All the characters have problems and quirks and not all are likable. It is a story of a time that I can only imagine.

Perongafa

Being active in the world of radio broadcasting myself I was especially curious about this book. I love mister Keillors writings and this book is no exception. Sometime hilarious situations that are in different ways al too accurate about how things work in the radio biz. And I think it more or less offers a good description of how 'radio' came to be what it is today.
If you like mister Keillors other books you will like this one also, no doubt about that.
I can only hope he will write for many more years to come. (And that all his books will become available as e-books!)

Rene van den Abeelen, Almere, the Netherlands.

Gaxaisvem

Ive read the hard copy, now I wanted a copy on my Kindle. It's the kind of book I can come back to again and again. Great story of an old time radio station in the 40s.

excellent