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Summary: Hilarious collection of essays...
Review: I have heard David Sedaris on PRI's "This American Life" a few times, and was always sad when his autobiographical essays would come to an end. Always the highlight of any show in which they were featured, these hysterical accounts of expatriate living in France, growing up in North Carolina or what have you even forced me to pull my car over one day for fear of laughing myself into an accident.This collection of essays incites the same feelings, though thankfully this time I don't have to fear a collision while I enjoy them.
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Summary: original, warm and funny
Review: I enjoyed this book very much and (after hearing excerps) my 15 year old son was chomping at the bit to have it. It is a very funny book. And I am not one of those people who think everything is funny. I am quite picky. The author lets you know that he is gay in the most natural way and that was nice, too. I loved the endearing way that he wrote about his quirky family. (By the way, my 15 year old loved it, too.)
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Summary: The Funniest Book this Year
Review: I read David Sedaris' book NAKED this past summer. Now, I have to read it for a class I am taking at UMass-Amherst. So, to get a discussion going on the writer, I decided to pick up his newest book. All I can say is that this book was hilarious. My favorite story was "Go Carolina." It was about David and his speech impediment. I could relate to this story because I had a speech problem when I was young. The first half of the book deals with David living in the US, and then goes into his life in France with his boyfriend Hugh. All of his stories are entertaining. The most memorable people in the book were David's father and his sister Amy. I hope David Sedaris continues writing witty and memorable stories like in ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY and NAKED.
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Summary: Because My Mom Won't Write It
Review: My mom bought this book for me, and after I told her it was one of the funniest things I've ever read, she decided she'd better read it, too. I'm writing this because, while she was reading the chapter on Easter, I could hear strange hiccuping giggles comming from her room, and I decided I'd better investigate. I looked in, and my mom was beet-red from laughing too hard and mopping at her eyes with tissues. Apparently, she laughed so hard that her eye cream melted into her eyes, and although it hurt, she just couldn't stop laughing. Eventually, my whole family came in and just gathered around watching her laugh herself stupid. So yes, it's very very funny, but make sure you have an open mind towards drugs and sexuality before you read it. He never comes right out and says that he's gay or anything like that, but if you're gonna have a problem with gay relationships, don't buy this book. Because then you'd come onto Amazon and give it a bad review, and none of us want that for this extremely funny and well written book.
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Summary: Why Isn't My Life This Exciting?
Review: Something must have been in the drinking water at the Sedaris' home some years ago. Although we all have family/life stories to share, most of ours are nothing like David's. His comic bathroom struggle to dispose of an un-claimed... out of fear that the next in line will believe it to be his, is hi-LAR-ious! I like the way that David views life.
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Summary: Unforgettable laughs
Review: The book has some slow moments, but David Sedaris' Easter description makes me laugh just to remember it. I heard him reading parts of this on NPR, which really adds to the enjoyment of the book (look them up on the archive site - you really need to hear him sing the Oscar Myer song.) Its not great literature, but for pure reading pleasure, this book is it. He goes on my short list of "hardback" authors.
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Summary: I laughed to the point of pain!
Review: This is hands down one of the funniest books I have ever read. I was totally unfamiliar with David Sedaris until I saw him interviewed on David Letterman and found him mildly amusing. At the end of the interview they flashed this book up and I didn't think about it again. I saw it the next day at the book store and just from reading the dust jacket I was so hooked I purchased it and another of his books, Naked. Both are very good but I prefer Me Talk Pretty One Day to Naked. I have recommended this book to dozens of people. If you need a pick me up this is the book to do it!
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Summary: David's Arrow Strikes Hard
Review: An observer of life and exactly what is wrong with it can be studied right here in this hilariously twisted book. No subject is sacred with Mr. Sedaris; he chronicles his own mishaps and the foilbles of his loved ones with a gently bladed tongue. He forgives the cruelty of life's mishaps and his own place on this Earth - especially his unfortunate command of the French language.
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Summary: This is a tonic for cynics
Review: Another more malcontent malcontent!!Keep this on your bedside table and read in stages. If you like irreverent, ascerbic wit, you wont want this book to end.
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Summary: A modern-day James Thurber
Review: This is my first exposure to David Sedaris, and I'm totally impressed. His descriptions of his slightly-cracked family and friends reminded me of a less genteel James Thurber. Sedaris is original, self-deprecating, and totally engaging. I laughed out loud at some point in just about every essay. He certainly knows how to write for his audience. Loved it!
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