false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166130619m/10176.jpg 10176 29 David Sedaris returns to his deliriously twisted domain: hilarious childhood dramas infused with melancholy; the gulf of misunderstanding that exists between people of different nations or members of the same family; and the poignant divide between one's best hopes and most common deeds. The family characters his readers love are all here, as well as the unique terrain they inhabit, strewn with comic landmines. 'The Rooster' is back, and getting married in the funniest wedding ever described. David attends a slumber party and gets the upper hand in a unique version of strip poker. 'Rubber or plastic?' The strangest questions can tear people apart. A skinny guy from Spain, wearing a bishop's hat and accompanied by six to eight men, invades your house and pretends to kick you. Is this any way to spend Christmas? With this new book, Sedaris's prose reaches breathtaking new heights and marks off a territory that is unmistakably his own. Read it and weep tears of humane laughter. 2582035 book 2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim total:36379|5:10098|4:16274|3:8360|2:1400|1:247| 36379 143713 43816 2796 2 13 false false Sun Jul 08 18:37:46 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 12:18:27 -0700 2007 Well, let's be clear. Nobody with a funnybone can hate David Sedaris. And neither do I. But it has to be said - that last book ("Dress your family in corduroy and denim") was quite a disappointment. Judging by the number of people showing up for his readings here i...more...]]> 3 15 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 11:25:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 12:16:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jul 24 15:14:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 10:12:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 16 16:07:12 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 16:50:55 -0700 2008
Quite possibly the funniest book I've ever read.

(There's a little language and stuff, so I don't recommend reading it out loud to the kids. But I guarantee you will laugh out loud to anyone sitting near you. Which means don't read i...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 10:40:22 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:51:42 -0700 2008
You would probably write exactly like David Sedaris.

...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 04 09:30:24 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 07:14:01 -0700 2008 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim delves further into the fascinating, hilarious, and otherwise utterly bizarre life of David Sedaris and his family. This collection of his essays is quite good--among my favorites of his--because throughout most of it, he manages to find a moving balance betwe...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 06 08:40:28 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 09:03:15 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Mar 22 15:12:43 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 15:49:06 -0700 2008 After the whole James Frey controversy I w...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 17:15:45 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 19:10:09 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 20:58:41 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 22:55:13 -0700 2007
"What the hell are you doing?" she whispered, but my mouth was too full to answer...as she closed the door and behind her and moved toward my bed, I began breaking the wax lips and candy necklaces pulled from pile no. 2. These were the second-best things I ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 15:30:34 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 17:22:27 -0700 2007 Naked first and then this. And yes, I will have to read Me Talk Pretty One Day out of order.

Naked is really about growing up. It's told almost in order of events that happened in his ...more...]]> 5 1 true false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 16 14:36:57 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 06:43:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:34:21 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 10 21:27:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 26 19:23:58 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 19:24:09 -0700 2008
Basically, the tales present the same kind of funny stories th...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 01 07:28:01 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 07:30:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Nov 29 05:36:03 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 05:37:23 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Fri Jan 16 21:11:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 21:12:11 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Jan 16 07:42:31 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:42:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 11:47:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:42:32 -0800 2009
Well, the book was published first, so I suppose it could ha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:16:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:38:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10176