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 enlarge | Author: David Sedaris
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  735 reviews
Sales Rank: 520
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316776963
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780316776967
ASIN: 0316776963
Publication Date: June 5, 2001
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Condition: Serving Book Lovers Since 1980. May contain some marks or highlighting.. AS IS! Large tear on front cover.
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Loved it! September 16, 2008
I bought this book for one of my Writing Arts classes and I had never heard of David Sedaris. I thought the book was awesome, very funny, and worth the money. I would definitely recommend it to others!
Good, but I was looking for more detail on his drug addiction years September 14, 2008
This was a great book, but I've been looking for something that stacks up to Burrough's Dry. I loved this collection of essays that took on a biography like feel. He left me hanging on to my seat wanting more, but kept me interested all-the-while. I would recommend this book, but the library may be the best place to get this one because you will be done with it in a couple of hours. Having been my first Sedaris book, I look forward to a couple more.
 Dull September 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A collection of autobiographical essays by Sedaris which appeared in different magazines before being collected here. Neither funny, nor witty, this makes for very light and insipid reading. I'd rather read Donald E. Westlake or Dave Barry for my humour supply.
 Still the One September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
By far my favorite of all his books. Dress Your Family in Corduroy comes in second and Naked comes in third. His new one with the skeleton on the cover didn't impress. His dry wit and sarcasm make me laugh out loud. He is able to instill humor in the most disturbing circumstances and that's what makes him uniquely David Sedaris.
Laugh Out Loud Funny & Great Insight Into Life August 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first Sedaris book I've read and I want to read all his others ASAP. I literally laughed out loud through many of the autobiographical essays. While reading at a hotel pool on vacation, I had to get up and move away from all the other people, so I wouldn't disturb them with my uncontrollable laughter. Sedaris' "worldview" is quirky but accurate. His life experiences are often eccentric. This book is a masterpiece of its genre, whatever genre that might be. Maybe Sedaris has invented a new genre --humor/philosophy/autobiography/eccentricity.
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