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I read this but honestly don't remember too much about it. "Me Talk Pretty" stands out much more in my mind. Funny at times, but I think this book couldn't quite live up to all the hype about it, and I ended up being disappointed.
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Basically a collection of random short stories covering events throughout David Sedaris' life. I listened to the audiobook version and I like that Sedaris actually read it. I found several of the stories amusing. My main problem with the book is that the stories don't connect together and are told in random order so a story from childhood is followed by a story from today then a story from twenty years ago which confused me.
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