false 4143 16 A collection of stories and essays by humorist and NPR commentator David Sedaris based upon his own experiences and the hidden perversity that can be found in Anytown, U.S.A. Here are images and blasphemies that nice people don't dare look at--blatantly exposed and told with the clear, casual voice of intimate knowledge. Sedaris' humor is born of compassion and his tales range from the sharing of cheery Christmas letters featuring infanticide, to experiences of the Gay and Famous (Charlton Heston and Elizabeth Dole, for example), to the lives of siblings named Hope, Faith, Charity and Adolph and to alcoholics and chain smokers you can laugh with. 731 1994 Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays total:12163|5:2683|4:4601|3:3787|2:907|1:185| 12163 45179 14751 630 1 2 false false Tue May 29 14:55:58 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 14:02:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false 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...]]> 2 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Aug 19 04:27:24 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:31:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 13:22:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:32:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 true 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...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 16 20:41:19 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:49:18 -0700 2008
This book already shows his ...more...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 1 0 false 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
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Okay, I just finished reading it, and the Santaland part at the end of the book was very redeeming . . . if you read on...more...]]> 4 0 true 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...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 10:56:47 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 12:34:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 04 14:27:38 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 19 14:06:22 -0800 2008
His humor and bight are very present, but, at least in his short fiction, he tends to write far more than is necessary. He...more...]]>