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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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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hilarious, amazing, scary, sad: Sedaris' life with OCD, a bizarre Greek grandmother, his first job at a mental institution, summer camp in Athens, hitchhiking experiences from silly to life-threatening, and the diagnosis of a parent's cancer. My favorite is C.O.G., A coming of age story of Sedaris working strange jobs with even stranger people on the west coast.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
VERY funny book. Be prepared if ordering ISBN 0316779490 though, the publisher used it for the oversized high quality PAPERBACK edition of the book AND the hardcover that they released at the same time. So, you never know which version you will get when ordering through PaperBack Swap. You will still get the same great stories which is all that really matters.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Trade paperback, not hardcover
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hilarious, amazing stories: Sedaris' life with OCD, his bizarre Greek grandmother, his first job at a mental institution, summer camp in Athens, stories of hitchhiking from silly to life-threatening, and the diagnosis of a parent's cancer.
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Jennifer B. (It was a good book, but a bit wordy I liked 'Dress your family....' better, but this wasn't bad.
Andrea R. from PETALUMA, CA wrote on 1/10/2007...I did find it on the plain. I did nor read it. Never will.(gift)
Jim G. from EDGEFIELD, SC wrote on 6/26/2006...Delightfull humor
you've got to love David Sedaris and his humour. Makes you wish you would've said that
Betty J R. from LEXINGTON, MA wrote on 3/6/2006...Funny: what can I say? This guy is fun to read.
Sandra V. (Satire at it's finest;Sedaris has a warped mind. He sometimes reads his works on NPR>
Andrea B. from STONY BROOK, NY wrote on 10/13/2005...Cute and funny. Easy read.
STEPHINA M. from PORTLAND, ME wrote on 10/12/2005..."DAVID SEDARIS BRINGSX-RAY VISION TO THIS STRIP SEARCH OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE, SPARING NO ONE-INCLUDING HIMSELF...HIS WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY A BRAZEN CANDOR, A HEART OF GOLD, AND THE SORT OF BLITHELY SOPHISTICATED LOOPY HUMOR THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED IF DOROTHY PARKER AND JAMES TURBUR HAD HAD A LOVE CHILD."
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY