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Summary: HILARIOUS!
Review: I adored this book! Had fallen in love with his now deceased mother from his first book "Naked". At one point I had to put the book down to wipe my eyes and control my laughter.Picked it up and started laughing all over again. With all the hilarity there is a poignant under tone that makes one sometimes feel his puzzled alienation.
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Summary: Me Love David Sedaris!
Review: I hesitated writing an on-line review, because I wasn't sure I could possibly share how excited I was about this book and about David Sedaris. Here's a go at it though: It was hillarious, catching me off guard every other sentence. It was smart and charming, real and personal. As soon as I finished the last page, I packaged it up and sent it to my best friend in France who I know would appreciate it (a good deal of the book deals with David's adventures in France and with that language). The book gives a great introduction to this wonderful writer and wonderful person/soul. It was also great to read about his sister Amy (Jerri Blank of "Strangers with Candy"), and see how she got started. I've just finished "Naked," and am about to dive into "Barrel Fever," and "Holidays On Ice". Read this book...it subtlely reaffirms how fun humanity is!
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Summary: Non stop laughter
Review: Really rare to read a book where you are constantly giggling out loud. I would read this book in public and draw stares because I couldnt stop myself from laughing out loud. Sedaris has an incredible Oscar Wilde wit only matched by his insight into the hilarity of our everyday lives. It is a fast read( in fact, I had to force myself to stop reading it, so I wouldnt finish it too quickly), and worth it! I am going to go back and read his other books now..
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Summary: Sedaris' Best Book Yet
Review: I've read all of Sedaris' books, and this is the best one yet. Practically every selection caused me to laugh out loud. His pieces on learning French are particularly good.
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Summary: A Very Funny Man!
Review: What can I say about this author's new book that hasn't been said already? It's a wonderful and wickedly funny book. David really knows how to write and is probably the funniest author around today. The first part of the book begins with his North Carolina childhood and the second half moves to Paris. What a wonderful collection of essays. I especially enjoyed "Today's Special" and "You Can't Kill the Rooster." But really all of the essays are so funny, and true to life. To be able to put these everyday events into words that are simple yet so funny, is truly a gift. Believe it or not I haven't read his previous book "Naked", but now its being pulled off my library shelf to be read immediately. When you start to read "Me Talk Pretty One Day" you will want to sit and read it right through, forget about dinner and everything else. This book deserves more than 5 stars. David, we await your next collection with eagerness.
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Summary: The Six Missing Chapters
Review: After having read a friend's hardcover copy, and listening to the author on NPR, I decided to make my first audio book purchase. His unique voice adds another dimension to the humor. I'm told that audio books are usually abridged, but there are six chapters not included. They are as follows: Big Boy; You Can't Kill The Rooster; The Great Leap Forward; Genetic Engineering; Smart Guy; The Late Show. Regardless of the omissions, I highly recommend the audio version of this book.
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Summary: Wonderful, as always
Review: There are great stories in all his books and this is another collection filled with great observations of human nature. I think poignant is a good description... the ability to turn disappointment into humor. Sedaris is a master of it.
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Summary: Funny and honest
Review: This is the first time I've ever experienced any of David Sedaris' work. Some stories were more hysterical than others, but overall it was really refreshing. Sedaris is dark and critical of almost everything, including himself. He has the gift of looking at completely ordinary things and describing it in a way that paints hilarious. (i.e. when he scores low on his IQ test, he describes it as about the dollar amount to buy 3 buckets of chicken.) I did find it strange however, how the book ends so abruptly, and also how he manages to make himself look like such pure loser. He never discusses his success in radio or writing. (I guess going on and on about how successful you are just isn't as funny.)
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Summary: funny, smart, and wickedly observant
Review: David Sedaris's new collection, Me Talk Pretty One Day, tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ("There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch") and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. From budding performance artist ("The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever") to "clearly unqualified" writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris's career leads him to New York (the sky's-the-limit field of furniture moving) and eventually, of all places, France. I recommend it to all!
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Summary: Get the Audio!
Review: I don't usually listen to books, but I bought this for an upcoming road trip. Since so much of the book is oral, there is speech therapy, singing, attempting to speak French, it is wonderful to listen to the author's actual voice.
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