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Book Reviews of Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World

Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World
Take the Cannoli Stories from the New World
Author: Sarah Vowell
ISBN-13: 9780241141632
ISBN-10: 024114163X
Publication Date: 1/31/2002
Pages: 224
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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10 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 23 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Great essays - many were read on This American Life.

Sarah Vowell is amazing - so funny and so observant. Great insights on America - historically and currently.
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Helpful Score: 1
Vowell's clever and distinctive voice from NPR covers topics from the ambience of the Chelsea Hotel and the goth subculture to a moving personal journey down the Cherokee Trail of Tears. A fresh and honest look at the squirmy slow demise of the American Dream.
reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 13 more book reviews
Collection of essays/thought/ponderings/memoirs on everything from democracy to pop music to living with family.
reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 2 more book reviews
Love her writing. She has a wonderfully off beat perspective on the world.
laceylosh avatar reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 53 more book reviews
I didn't enjoy this as much as "Assassination Vacation" (also by Sarah Vowell) but I do enjoy a good, David Sedaris-esque collection of essays and Sarah has entertainingly sharp wit. I will definitely be picking up more books by this author in the future.
jeffp avatar reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 201 more book reviews
A funny set of essays from a writer with both an excellent sense of humor and an interestingly twisted view of the world and her place in it. Recommended.
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Hilarious!
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Funny, witty essays from an NPR favorite.
reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 72 more book reviews
Excellent - funny and very readable. Hard to put down.
btkehoe avatar reviewed Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World on + 22 more book reviews
Awesome. Sarah Vowell is brilliant. I've never been disappointed by her writings. :)