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Naked
Author: David Sedaris
Book Information
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780316777735 - ISBN-10: 0316777730
Publication Date: 6/1/1998
Pages: 291

Book Description:
Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer David Sedaris must kill to get this book. These would be fans of the scaldingly snide Sedaris's hilariously described personal misadventures like The Santaland Diaries (a monologue about his work as an elf to a department store Santa) seen off-Broadway in 1997. In a series of similarly textured essays, Sedaris takes us along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories.
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Genres:Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD (Abridged)


Top Member Reviews

Danielle T. (sugarkane) from FITCHBURG, WI wrote on 10/20/2007...

9 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is quite possibly the funniest book I have ever read. If you are feeling down and you think nothing can perk you up, try reading Naked, and I promise, you'll be laughing within minutes.

Alyssa G. (Ajacks) from ROUND ROCK, TX wrote on 4/18/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sedaris is hilarious, but you probably already knew that. His life and family make for a great read.

Shannon S. (Shadiva) from FORDOCHE, LA wrote on 12/26/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

I got so many crazy looks when I would read this book at work on my lunch break. I laughed out loud and everyone thought I was crazy!

This book is ridiculously funny. Smart and funny is a combination I love in a book.

Lynn R. (Frannie) from COLUMBIA, MO wrote on 9/25/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very funny and well written memoir. One of those books that pulled me right in to the story.

Frances J. (francesjones) from BEND, OR wrote on 2/15/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

David Sedaris's stories about his family and growing up. His visit to the nudist camp is hilarious.

Claudia B. (Claudielou) from BASTROP, TX wrote on 9/14/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

David Sedaris is an absolute hoot!

Rachel and Thomas H. (rachelandthomas) from BOZEMAN, MT wrote on 5/5/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very funny! Sedaris is so easy and fun to read, the book is over before you know it.

Alicia M. (wordgeek) wrote on 7/4/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

my favorite of david sedaris so far...
i heard myself laughing out loud so many times!

Stacy L. (tonka) from SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA wrote on 3/26/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Hillarious!! I loved reading this book. It's also quite a conversation piece just sitting around your house. I read numerous parts aloud to groups.

Vala K. from MIAMI SHORES, FL wrote on 5/2/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

****
contributor to THIS AMERICAN LIFE on NPR, good writer, funny


Rate These Member Reviews

Jenny B. from ROSLYN, NY wrote on 8/27/2008...


A great, laugh out loud book

Brittany S. (kentuckygirl) from COLORADO SPGS, CO wrote on 4/5/2008...


very funny.

Carolyn J. (CJ73) from EDMONDS, WA wrote on 6/5/2007...


Didn't care for this and didn't finish it.

Daryl N. from CHURUBUSCO, IN wrote on 5/12/2007...


Wierd snippets of a strange life.

Dan S. (meeteetse) from RED LODGE, MT wrote on 3/1/2007...


Laugh-out-loud funny

Rebecca L. from MC MINNVILLE, TN wrote on 1/27/2007...


This book is hilarious!

Jennie V. from ALAMEDA, CA wrote on 1/16/2007...


I think he's brilliant, esp. in live audio, but I couldn't really get into this book.

Carla H. (carlamo) from RICHMOND, TX wrote on 12/17/2006...


Sedaris at his twisted best

Amber T. from VASHON, WA wrote on 11/26/2006...


Good collection of short stories.

Patti A. from ADVANCE, NC wrote on 11/24/2006...


Laugh out loud funny!