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22 December 2023
I don’t often read anything written after 1959. It always seems like I’ll have time for it later. I’ve got too much else to read; I’ve got to catch up. This said, I just devoured Garrison Keillor’s latest work entitled Love Me.
With this novel, Keillor maintains his position as one of the greatest humorists of our time. Note to would-be hacks: humor is dynamic. Laughter is the step to melancholy’s melody, a dance of time, life, and wisdom.
Love Me follows Larry Wyler as a young author hellbent on setting the world on fire while reaping all the material luxuries along the way. His wife, Iris, decides to let him pursue his life while she stays focused on modestly saving the world one person at a time. Wyler’s life spirals out of control in a heady daze of fame, drink, women, and writer’s block. His salvation comes when he is offered the position of writing an advice column for a small Midwestern newspaper. At the twilight of his middle-age, Wyler realizes the errors of his wasted youth, and seeks to reclaim the affection of his estranged wife.
Love Me is a parade of career-based existential angst marching down the confusing street of love’s mystery. It’s almost like Updike’s Rabbit Run, as written by Thurber. Well, maybe not that good, but it's fairly close. As entertaining as it often is enlightening, Love Me should be read by everyone who doesn’t jump out of bed every morning screaming in delight, "If I loved my job and spouse anymore, I do think I might explode!"
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With this novel, Keillor maintains his position as one of the greatest humorists of our time. Note to would-be hacks: humor is dynamic. Laughter is the step to melancholy’s melody, a dance of time, life, and wisdom.
Love Me follows Larry Wyler as a young author hellbent on setting the world on fire while reaping all the material luxuries along the way. His wife, Iris, decides to let him pursue his life while she stays focused on modestly saving the world one person at a time. Wyler’s life spirals out of control in a heady daze of fame, drink, women, and writer’s block. His salvation comes when he is offered the position of writing an advice column for a small Midwestern newspaper. At the twilight of his middle-age, Wyler realizes the errors of his wasted youth, and seeks to reclaim the affection of his estranged wife.
Love Me is a parade of career-based existential angst marching down the confusing street of love’s mystery. It’s almost like Updike’s Rabbit Run, as written by Thurber. Well, maybe not that good, but it's fairly close. As entertaining as it often is enlightening, Love Me should be read by everyone who doesn’t jump out of bed every morning screaming in delight, "If I loved my job and spouse anymore, I do think I might explode!"
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artid
1692
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issue
vol 6 - issue 02 (oct 2003)
section
entertainmental