Publisher, HighBridge Audio (July 2003)

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Publishers Weekly says: "Bewailing the lost grandeur of manhood and lambasting the half-baked perversion known as '90s man, Keillor (Lake Wobegon Days) brings wit, the gift of storytelling and marksman like satire to this collection of 22 short fictions dissecting the current predicament of guys. Invoking various archetypal guys--cowboy, sports hero, Greek god, Don Juan--he brings each into collision with contemporary values stressing sensitivity, openness, communication, monogamy, the empowerment of women and a healthy diet. The results are provocative and hilarious. Dionysus turns 50 and is forced to seek help for his sex and alcohol problems. Baseball legend Casey of Mudville is barraged with garbage at an away game. Cattleman Lonesome Shorty gives up the range to try condominium life. President George Bush goes fishing with an admiring Willie Horton while barbarians invade Chicago. Keillor takes delicious swipes at the media, fad causes, political correctness and American tabloid culture as he convincingly sketches the precarious state of his fellow males, longing for the days when they could just be guys."

In eight new tales, the old storyteller plumbs the lives of various guys---an aging god, a fallen hero, a confused cowboy, a jealous husband, an old lecher, a teen-age leper, and more---and locates the true nature of guyhood today.

Includes:

The Mid-life Crisis of Dionysus
Herb Johnson
The God of Canton
Casey at the Bat (Road Game Version)
Lonesome Shorty
Don Giovanni
Marooned
Buddy the Leper
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
and more....

About the Author Garrison Keillor is America’s favorite storyteller. For more than 35 years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast.

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. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.