The Book of Guys

by Garrison Keillor

Genres: Humor & Satire; Literary Fiction; Short Stories

Synopsis

In this collection of stories you'll meet a bunch of memorable guys including Lonesome Shorty, a cowpoke torn between the proud life in the saddle and the comforts of warm apartments and women; Buddy, the teen-age leper in Sioux Falls; Earl Grey, the great tea inventor and former Republican child; Casey, at the bat in Mudville again; Dionysus, the god of wine; and Roy Bradley, boy broadcaster. Brilliantly funny, touching, and acute, The Book of Guys reveals the perilous situation of guys today.

Includes:

The Mid-life Crisis of Dionysus

Herb Johnson, the God of Canton

Casey at the Bat (Road Game Version)

Lonesome Shorty

Marooned

Don Giovanni

Buddy the Leper

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

Release date: September 1, 1994

Publisher: Penguin Books

Print pages: 352