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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780316776967
ISBN: 0316776963
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2001-06-05
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Studio: Back Bay Books
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Editorial Reviews:
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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.
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Summary: Not heartwarming... in a good way.
Comment: Before reading this book, I very much thought from the title (and because at the time I did not know who David Sedaris is)that it would be a "heart wrenching tale" about some child who is physically unable to speak or doesn't have access to a decent education. It was one of those books I meant to get to someday, but probably never would. Finally someone clued me in. I read it in a day.
Sedaris's short stories are the funniest I've ever read. He draws on recollections of his own family to give us realistic visions of family and personal life in all their "rolling on the floor laughing" complexity. If I were ever to write a book, this is exactly like what I hope I would write.
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Summary: Didn't live up to the hype
Comment: After all the amazing reviews I heard about this book, I maybe laughed out loud twice. I didn't find anything cutting edge about his humor, it was predictable and often downright boring.
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Summary: Loved it!
Comment: I bought this book for one of my Writing Arts classes and I had never heard of David Sedaris. I thought the book was awesome, very funny, and worth the money. I would definitely recommend it to others!
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Summary: Good, but I was looking for more detail on his drug addiction years
Comment: This was a great book, but I've been looking for something that stacks up to Burrough's Dry. I loved this collection of essays that took on a biography like feel. He left me hanging on to my seat wanting more, but kept me interested all-the-while. I would recommend this book, but the library may be the best place to get this one because you will be done with it in a couple of hours. Having been my first Sedaris book, I look forward to a couple more.
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Summary: Dull
Comment: A collection of autobiographical essays by Sedaris which appeared in different magazines before being collected here. Neither funny, nor witty, this makes for very light and insipid reading. I'd rather read Donald E. Westlake or Dave Barry for my humour supply.
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