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Summary: Why should you read David Sedaris?
Review: Sedaris is a must (i'd underline must, but I can't so let's just pretend it is underlined) for anyone with an ironic sense of humor. He tells stories involving the period he spent in France with his boyfriend, and clearly outlines all the guidelines for choosing a boyfriend, all the while pointing out the stupity of situations in his own sarcastic way. The story involving his younger sister, and her flair for disguises, is worth the price of admission alone. Whether you are gay, straight, greek or polish, if you enjoy dysfunctional fun, Me Talk Pretty One Day is the book for you.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book is the perfect mix. A little insight and a lot of laughs. I read this book on a plane and my wife told me I had to stop because people were looking at us. I was laughing so hard people thought I was having some kind of breakdown.
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Summary: Exceptionally unexceptional
Review: I found this book exceptionally unexceptional. The author's greatest talent seems to be at surrounding himself with interesting people who are themselves funny and noteworthy. It's a good, light read but nothing that hasn't been done (in fiction and non-fiction) for years by the likes of Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Henry Rollins...
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Summary: Thith Guy Ith Theriouthly Funny!
Review: Nearly two hundred reviews of this book have already been written. So, is there really a need for one more? Probably not. But, if you don't know yet who David Sedaris is, you should check out not only this book, but the earlier ones, too. Poignantly funny, deliciously irreverent, and curiously in touch with what really makes people think. Not all his stories and essays are brilliant, but the ones that are (more than a few) will hit you where it hurts. Guaranteed!From the older books, a real standout is "True Detective," which affected me in a way few stories about childhood ever have. This one story alone convinced me Sedaris knows what he's talking about...but there are dozens of others, too! This latest book is also a delight to read, but I mostly want to HIGHLY recommend the *recorded* version...if only to hear Sedaris actually sing his Billie Holliday jingles in "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities." Classic comedy! One of the earlier reviewers said Sedaris was "too sarcastic" for them. Well, he *is* that...no doubt. But that's only half of what he's about. The ultimate resolution in his writing is anything *but* sarcastic. He doesn't just leave you in absurd pain. He shows you, instead, that life really does lead somewhere. The only requirement...leave the dysfunctional behind. Think you can do it? Good luck....
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud
Review: Just as entertaining as Naked - keeps you interested and laughing the entire book. It was a great book to pass around with our teen agers on a road trip. We all took turns reading. The time flew by. Some material risky for kids under 15 or 16, but anyone else will find his stories compelling and hilarious.
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Summary: Mild amusement only
Review: David Sidaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is the literary equivalent of Wonder Bread: fluffy, popular, palatable perhaps, but in the end unfulfilling. Without question, Sedaris has a curious family and background; his sense of humor (such as it is) is understandable both as to its origins and its indispensability. What is surprising is that this persona , sounding so much like the voice of a bright freshman who's found his way into a narrative lit class, is actually coming from a middle-aged boomer. A literary guise? Some irony-building device? Well, having seen the author on late night recently, I think not. This is the man, a timid milquetoast befuddled by much of the adult world. Paging Walter Mitty.... This book is a mildly amusing diversion of a man whose stunted vision shrinks before large ideas, diverse cultures, and experiences beyond his own deafening self-absorption. I was expecting much more.
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Summary: yadda yadda yadda
Review: Sedaris is going to crash and burn when he runs out of the same repetitive boring simpleton (enough adjectives?) stories about his inane family and romps in the world. This book should be called Barrel Fever 2 or Naked 2 - the sequel. I'm going to hurl if I read about Amy Sedaris' shenanegans and the simple humor that the world has embraced. You're better off watching the Brady Bunch for the same kind of knee-slapping humor. Yawn.
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Summary: Embarassing
Review: If you don't like laughing out loud in public with tears rolling down your cheeks, don't read this book. I hate to read out loud, but I ran to my wife to read Sedaris' stories to her. I started reading this book on an airplane and found I couldn't wait to get home to share some of these precious, hilarious stories with her.
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Summary: An ex-looser is now a great writer
Review: I bought this book at an airport assuming I was going to read it after I finished the one I had midway completed. I had to change my plans, I was having so much fun with his stories that I could not put it down. He surely made me laugh with his less than perfect life. It is lovable to read someone who can laugh at his past and allow us do that at the same time. I have a lot of compassion for the author father though. I would not allow my teenage kid to read it, the reference to drug use is very graphic and I got the underlying message that you can come up right from drugs without any grueling effort.
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Summary: Me thought funny EVERY day
Review: This book has made me laugh more than any book I have ever read. I was constantly interrupting my husband's work to say, "you have to read this." I would read him bits and he would be cracking up. Every ounce of his commentary on the world around him is just histerical and so true. He can turn even something as tragic as drug abuse into sidesplitting humor. I couldn't pick a favorite chapter because each one is as funny as the last. I plan to pass this book along to all of my friends and family. Anyone with a sense of humor, and even those without one, will fall over laughing.
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