An off-beat, oddly uplifting story with enough disregard to the subtle effects and delicate story lines of much new fiction that you can forgive the poor choice of title. Currie throws around and has his fun with standard narrative conventions, but not at the expense of his story--or the reader. For a story of impending doom, I think you'd find it difficult to come across one as fun and inventive as this.
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Essentially, this book is just plain, good old fashioned, paranoid fun with equal amounts noir and California sunlight. Imagine Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski with a PI license instead of a bowling ball, in the early '70s instead of the early '90s, trying to navigate COINTELPRO, crooked cops, and the LA underworld. If you can do that, you will begin to have an inkling of how many conspiratorial agendas Pynchon's Jeffrey "Doc" Sportello must smoke his way through in order to elevate his consciousness above every individual, governmental agency, and criminal organization that wants to do him ill.
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Mr. Keillor was transferred to St. Mary's Hospital (Mayo) in Rochester, Minnesota, after admitting himself to United Hospital in St. Paul on Monday.
He will remain at Mayo until this Friday to undergo testing, and upon his release will resume his schedule as previously planned. He is doing well and the family appreciates the warm wishes.
Mr. Keillor says: "Good afternoon. I am in Rochester at St. Mary's Hospital. After feeling ill on Monday morning, I drove myself to the United Hospital ER in St. Paul where I got excellent care and then was transferred to Mayo simply because they know so much more about me down here. I am in the hands of smart and compassionate people and plan to get out on Friday and get right back to work, record a new audiobook as planned, do some lecture engagements, a book tour for PILGRIMS, and of course the season opener at the Fitzgerald on September 26. I have my laptop with me, and I am at work on the long-awaited Lake Wobegon screenplay. And that's the news from here."
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