A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern … annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors. Sedaris is an amazing reader whose appearances draw hundreds, and his performancesincluding a jaw-dropping impression of Billie Holiday singing I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weinerare unforgettable. Sedariss essays on living in Paris are some of the funniest hes ever written. At last, someone even meaner than the French! The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humour that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had had a love child. Entertainment Weekly on Barrel Fever Sidesplitting Not one of the essays in this new collection failed to crack me up; frequently I was helpless. The New York Times Book Review on Naked
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Absolutely phenomenal read. Laughed my ass off throughout the whole book. Warning: read it on a flight and was laughing so hard the person in seat next to me was visibly uncomfortable. Too bad.
A collection of memoirish pieces by a very funny man. Some have LOL scenes. If you read one, you want to read another, then another.
Very funny short vignettes from the author’s time in Paris. Enjoyed it immensely, and laughed outloud as I read.
This book made me a huge fan of David Sedaris. It’s smart and hilarious.
Another wonderful laugh out loud read.
Sedaris relfects humorously and with great wit on his personal experiences with various aspects of the human condition especially in his relationships to others.
I felt in need of something lighter and so I turned to this collection of essays by the American humorist, David Sedaris. The topics of the essays range from his eccentric family, particularly his father, his time in art school, his struggles with addiction, his life in New York City and, in the latter half of the book, his time spent living in France with his partner and his attempts to learn French. This book had me laughing out loud multiple times. I particularly enjoyed ‘City of Angels’ in which a friend of Sedaris’ brings a new acquaintance to visit New York City and experiences quite the culture shock, ‘Jesus Shaves’ in which Sedaris and his fellow French students struggle to explain the concept of Easter in very broken French and ‘Picka Pocketoni’ in which Sedaris is mistaken for a French pickpocket by a loud and obnoxious American on the Paris Metro. If you’re looking for something a bit different but still light, this is a great read.
I can not recommend this enough!! So funny!!
This is one of my favorite books of all time. David Sedaris is a great storyteller and his writing never fails to make me laugh.
I laughed out loud reading this book, as did my husband when I read sections of it to him. I read it years ago but still remember several chapters and laugh just thinking about them.
Love it!!! Sedaris is great.
Laugh out loud and a few tears . Such a storyteller of observations on life .
Anything by David Sedaris is worth the read. He’s funny and crazy and tragic all at once.
Although the author is a jerk in real life, his writing is hilarious.
Best book ever
My fav of his books
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Sedaris is of course hilarious but I can’t name many authors who balance their humor with inspiration.
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My husband and I listened to this on Audible many times and never stopped laughing. I love how David Sedaris can turn ordinary events into hysterically funny memories! Thanks for entertaining us!