But not before he has enjoyed himself. Invisible and apparently unstoppable, he delights in watching the women suffer, thrilled by his power to destroy their lives and their faith in those closest to them; to leave them utterly helpless, alone in their terror and confusion. But they're not all as helpless as he thinks ...9780140131567-
Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip The Washington Post Book World
Keillor s literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip mmood to mood so subtly and quickly you re never quite sure where you are . His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it s hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they re bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there. The Village Voice"