false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389017m/4138.jpg 4138 26 Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer David Sedaris must kill to get this book. These would be fans of the scaldingly snide Sedaris's hilariously described personal misadventures like <i>The Santaland Diaries</i> (a monologue about his work as an elf to a department store Santa) seen off-Broadway in 1997. In a series of similarly textured essays, Sedaris takes us along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories. 2086690 1997 Naked total:48388|5:15571|4:20810|3:9893|2:1720|1:394| 48388 194608 60250 2461 1 9 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 06 07:44:42 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 07:44:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 06:14:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:10:20 -0700 2008
Okay, finished. Is it really supposed to be funny? I found myself pretty saddened by most of the stories. He's got a grea...more...]]> 2 5 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 17:01:25 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 08:23:21 -0700 2008 David Sedaris. The risk you take when writing memoirs or personal essays is that the reader (me) isn't going to like the author (you) and the result is that no matter how funny you are, I don't like you, your essays, or your tales of woe. I do feel sorry for you though. I feel like I wa...more...]]> 3 5 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 14:27:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 19:42:16 -0700 2008
1. This book is side-splittingly hilarious
2. It turns the "mania for memoir on its proverbial ear."

Sure, maybe it's not fair to j...more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 22:44:23 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 23:08:45 -0700 2007 Seriously -- I just sit and read and laugh, read and laugh. He's just so damned candid about things. For example, the story of how he was sent to Greece for Greek-Ame...more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 21:00:09 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 21:17:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Sep 04 06:10:51 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:11:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jul 12 19:44:23 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 18:30:29 -0700 2007 Two favorite scenes:
Sedaris' mom and sister watch crime shows all summer and then... a mystery arises in their own household- who is wiping their butt on the towels? Th...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 29 21:03:31 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 22:24:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 15:57:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 12:35:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Feb 16 08:48:02 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 08:48:44 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Jan 14 16:43:54 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 15:13:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 26 17:10:53 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 13 20:35:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 29 07:58:24 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 09:57:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 29 14:27:02 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 14:32:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 04 20:27:05 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 20:27:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:52:29 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:53:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 22:03:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 20:14:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Jun 12 14:17:14 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 14:39:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 11 21:45:31 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 21:45:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4138