{"product_id":"lake-wobegon-summer-1956-garrison-keillor-1st-edition","title":"Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Faber and Faber, 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 256.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The binding is tightly bound in the original brown publisher's boards, with the corners remaining sharp and the silver spine lettering uniformly bright and unoxidised. The text block is exceptionally clean, with the pages remaining bright and entirely free from foxing, markings, or internal flaws. The unclipped dust jacket presents excellently, retaining vivid, unfaded panels and a striking yellow spine; it exhibits no chipping or tearing, showing only the faintest suggestion of handling to the extreme extremities, ensuring it remains a highly attractive example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a true First UK Edition, First Printing. It was published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber simultaneously with the American edition by Viking Penguin in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopies of this edition in such a remarkably well-preserved state, unmarred by the typical reading wear, creasing, or sunning that often afflicts modern dust jackets, remain a pleasing find for collectors of Keillor's celebrated modern fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age novel, \u003ci\u003eLake Wobegon Summer 1956\u003c\/i\u003e serves up the world according to fourteen-year-old Gary, an endearing geek and self-described 'tree-toad' whose best friend is his dependable Underwood typewriter. Filled with the post-war optimism and Cold War suspicions of the 1950s, the novel vividly chronicles a summer of baseball, wild imagination, and adolescent trauma, capturing a newly minted America in unforgettable Wobegon fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483658801491,"sku":"4041","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260729_160745.jpg?v=1785847418","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/lake-wobegon-summer-1956-garrison-keillor-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}