{"product_id":"the-lake-wobegon-virus-by-garrison-keillor-9781950994182","title":"The Lake Wobegon Virus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow in paperback—bestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor returns to one of America's most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of alarming candor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurised cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer. The effect 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, a wealthy outsider is buying up farmland for a Keep America Truckin' motorway and amusement park, estimated to draw 2.2 million visitors a year. Clint Bunsen and Elena, the hometown epidemiologist, come to the rescue with a Fourth of July Living Flag and sweet corn feast for a finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his newest Lake Wobegon novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Lake Wobegon Virus\u003c\/em\u003e, 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—a town where, as we know, \"all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717289464044,"sku":"9781950994182","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17495043482882.jpg?v=1754456046","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-lake-wobegon-virus-by-garrison-keillor-9781950994182","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}