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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin,
a member of Penguin Putnam Inc. 2001
Published in Penguin Books 2002
Copyright © Garrison Keillor, 2001 All rights reserved
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either
are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments,
events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
eISBN : 978-1-101-49569-8
1. Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place)—Fiction.
2. Minnesota—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.E3755 L35 2001
813’.54—dc21 2001026312
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