David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this new book of stories. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life ? the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or how to soundproof your windows with LP covers against neurotic songbirds ? to the most deeply resonant human truths. Taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his ...
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David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this new book of stories. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life ? the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or how to soundproof your windows with LP covers against neurotic songbirds ? to the most deeply resonant human truths. Taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, an encounter with a dingo and the purchase of a human skeleton, and culminating in a brilliant account of his attempt to quit smoking ? in Tokyo ? David Sedaris's sixth story collection is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing.
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Good with No dust jacket as issued. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 323 pages; Trade Size Paperback, Book Shows Little Wear, Text is clean no markings seen No Dust Jacket; BX232.
This guy is so dang funny! I am going to a bookstore to see him on his book tour soon.
PeggyO
May 6, 2010
If you like David Sedaris.....
you'll love this one! Typical DS essays about his everyday life (Hah!), his quirky friends, etc., told in his usual dry style, with just a twist of snide.
astevens
Mar 30, 2010
LOVE IT
If you like David Sedaris' other work, this one won't disappoint. He just get's funnier and more relate-able with age. Will read it again.
ltdphoto
Jan 15, 2010
Standard well wrirtten Sedaris
If you liked "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" you will enjoy this book. Essays are about later period of authors life.
Gyllie
Apr 26, 2009
Flaming Success
David Sedaris just gets better with age, like a fine French wine I am sure he can't pronounce! This collection contains my favorite story about spiders, another about creepy presents and of course the tale of quitting smoking in Japan. Only Sedaris would pick a smoker's paradise in which to quit.
