false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg 4143 16 731 1994 Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays total:12420|5:2738|4:4692|3:3866|2:935|1:189| 12420 46115 15109 638 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 1 2 false Tue May 29 14:55:58 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 14:02:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 1 false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 08:56:23 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 08:23:45 -0800 2008 1
I attended one of his readings a few weeks ago. I paid something like forty dollars for balcony seating, fearing f...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 2 0 false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 18:26:17 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 18:51:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:58:13 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 17:43:20 -0800 2009 1
"The press is having a field day over my relationship with Mike Tyson. We tried to keep it a secret, but for Mike and me there ...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Thu Apr 30 13:45:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 11:48:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 13:45:16 -0700 2009
I think this is Sedaris at his best when he makes fun of the general middle class culture and himself not a...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 1 false Tue Aug 19 04:27:24 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:31:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 5 1 false Fri Jun 22 12:42:23 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:22:15 -0800 2009 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 28 05:25:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 05:33:51 -0800 2009
And this is my FAVORITE book by him. Not quite as well known as "Dress Your Family..." and "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (or even "Naked"), I still believe this is Sedaris' best work.

Sedaris has a way of telli...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Tue Jul 21 13:22:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:32:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 12:36:29 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 12:10:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 01:08:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 01:17:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 28074 1586212214 9781586212216 78 19 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167920157m/28074.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28074.Barrel_Fever_and_Other_Stories 3 0 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 20 05:29:24 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 04 09:48:52 -0800 2009 1
"Echoing what seems to be a common sentiment, I love David Sedaris' later and more autobiographical work but was somewhat less enamored of Barrel Fever. It was definitely worth reading - parts of i...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 0 false Thu Oct 16 20:41:19 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:49:18 -0700 2008
This book already shows his ...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 0 false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 07 17:00:34 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 09:07:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Aug 04 07:04:23 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 07:16:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 1 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 21 06:08:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 06:08:23 -0800 2008
This is...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:38:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:40:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6567990 1 1 3.71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567990-barrel-fever 3 0 false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 22:05:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 17:59:18 -0700 2009
Okay, I just finished reading it, and the Santaland part at the end of the book was very redeeming . . . if you read on...more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 4 0 false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 10:23:22 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 08 10:05:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4143 0316779423 9780316779425 12241 612 3.71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165389022m/4143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4143.Barrel_Fever_Stories_and_Essays 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 13:26:56 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:28:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4143