Binding: Audio CD Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54 EAN: 9781600241826 Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 1600241824 Label: Hachette Audio Manufacturer: Hachette Audio Number Of Items: 8 Publication Date: June 03, 2008 Publisher: Hachette Audio Release Date: June 03, 2008 Sales Rank: 2120 Studio: Hachette Audio
Editorial Review:
Product DescriptionOnce again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny (and never before published) account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - More, but not really better
David Sedaris is a talented writer, but his work in this tome is inconsistent. It all goes down smoothly, but never rises to the level of "Dress Your Children in Denim and Corduroy." Each of these short essays was previously published elsewhere and they don't quite come together as an anthology.
Rating: - Good combination of humor, depravity and sadness
I continue to be impressed with the breadth of Sedaris' writing. There are touching stories from early childhood that anyone who grew up with siblings will find familiar and hilarious. Those are mixed in good measure with depressing tales of addiction, and uncomfortable narratives related to homosexuality and sex. The combination works, and I enjoyed nearly all of it, even the parts that made me a bit uncomfortable.
Rating: - Didn't laugh
Me Talk Pretty and his Courderoy books were far superior. Engulfed had me wondering if he is on a downward spiral.
Rating: - Self-Absorption Driven to Laughter
Laugh at yourself and the whole world laughs with you. It's hard to write humorous essays that stand the test of time. Will Rogers realized that and just read the newspaper to audiences while adding an occasionally wry quip to get huge laughs. Put those messages into a book, and they wouldn't have lasted.
I haven't heard David Sedaris perform in person (which he does as readings), but I'm told he's marvelous. If you have had that pleasure, you will undoubtedly hear his voice, know his ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing
I just love David Sedaris, plain and simple. Also, because I bought this book the book store owner said I had good taste and let me have half off on my purchases for the day.
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- More, but not really better
- Amazing