I love listening to David Sedaris read his books. I only wished most of them weren't abridged. Naked is abridged, sadly, but it's still a wonderful listen and I highly recommend it to any Sedaris fan, or to anybody who hasn't read him yet. Standout stories were, Cyclops, True Detective, The Drama Bu...
I didn't finish this book. If this angers you and require my full explanation..I'll put it at the end. Sedaris follows a time-honored formula of presenting humorous slices of his life in a more or less chronological form, the only real innovation here being the melding of the classic scenes of autob...
I'd give this book 3 1/2 stars...usually I round up but this time I'm rounding down just 'cause this book already has a really high rating on Goodreads (
For the most part, I found the stories in this book to be hilarious but also kind of horrific. If you don't enjoy the humor of the awkward, this is probably not a read you will enjoy.
Naked (and Barrel Fever) begins the unveiling of David Sedaris' inner, most personal life. It is an early work that feels like a skeletal version of Me Talk Pretty... or Dress Your Family..., a funny skeletal version mind you, but incomplete and fragmentary nonetheless. Sedaris does not delve so dee...
Sedaris annoyed me yet again. I am skeptical at how this book was one of the bestsellers. Pompous declaration of it being uproarious and comical baffled me as I was looking for an anecdote to bring a chuckle or at least a half-witted smile on my face. Alas! All it gifted me was utter annoyance and a...
"I had no notion of the exact mechanics, but from overhearing the neighbors, I understood that our large family had something to do with my mother's lack of control.""We were taught at an early age never to yell or even speak in a normal tone of voice while on the golf course. Denied the full use o...
I adore David Sedaris and everything he writes. All his books are laugh out loud humor that will have you wondering if anything so absurd could be true.
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