Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town

Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town

240 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 2003
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ISBN: 9781400052363

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Crown

Publication date: 24 May 2005

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Description

Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian, a bestselling novelist, began chronicling life in that gloriously quirky little village with a wide variety of magazine essays and his newspaper column, “Idyll Banter.” These pieces, written over the course of twelve years, are honest, funny, and deeply affecting reflections on the unique idiosyncrasies of small-town life (annual outhouse races) and the universal experiences (our hunger for neighborliness) that unite us all.