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Summary: Even more hilarious on tape!
Review: I became a Sedaris fan after reading the first two pages of HOLIDAY'S ON ICE in the bookstore two years ago. If someone can make me laugh outloud in a public place, he truly has a talent. Sedaris' wit is only surpassed by the way he records it in words. When I purchased ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY on tape for a road trip to Kentucky, I wasn't sure what to expect, but after 2 minutes into the first story I knew I was in for "one hell of a ride". To hear him read these stories is like reading the book all over again. His timing is impeccable and his impersonation of Billie Holiday singing TV jingles is worth the price of the collection alone. Give your eyes a break and let your ears do the reading for a while.
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Summary: Sedaris hits comedy high once again
Review: David Sedaris has once again created a laugh out loud journey through his own unique life. I was really lookingforward to this bk, and once again he delivered! What's next for Sedaris? I'd love for him to take on a subject other than his own autobiog. Maybe he should write about a nonfiction subject outside his own life, where humor and fact mix together into a strange and funny and unique concoction, like typical comedy essays on various subjects as seen in books like George Carlin's BRAINDROPPINGS, Jon Stewart's NAKED PICTURES OF DEAD PEOPLE or even the one-subject history via humor of Jessica Pallingston's LIPSTICK. Whatever it will be, I eagerly await it. If you love to laugh, you'll love his book.
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Summary: He write funny today
Review: What a really fun book. If you can say that a book about a man obsessed with dermatological ailments and a very healthy fantasy life is 'fun'. It's sick, silly, twisted and charming. Well worth buying in hardback and that, for me, is saying something. My favorite line was 'You saw people smoking in resturaunts? In offices too? Oh, tell me again about the ashtrays in the hospital waiting rooms? And don't leave anything out".
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Summary: Funny stuff!
Review: David Sedaris is the definition of the word "unique". His writing style is similar to no one else's. I won't attempt to describe it here but simply know that you will LAUGH OUT LOUD when reading this book. From his childhood in North Carolina to his adulthood in wild and crazy New York City to his current life experiement in Paris, Sedaris takes us along with him for a wonderful ride! This one is not to be missed.
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Summary: Satan Speaks
Review: Ok. If an author can make you laugh about a drug addicted infant being murdered in a washing machine (check out **Barrel Fever**), he's either the funniest thing going...or you're just a sick so and so...Hmmmm. kinda makes you wonder.... Anyway, This is another hell-larious collection of stories by one of the funniest authors to grip a pen. The first half of this great book kinda extends on the Sedaris family lore that was touched upon in Barrel Fever and Naked. We learn about David's mom who perks up the Easter baskets with tobacco products, his dad who has an unusual warmth for rotting fruit, his brother The Rooster (not to be confused with the family pet) and his wickedly funny sister (amy sedaris from the comedy central show 'strangers with candy'). The second half of this riotously funny book is a string of tales of Davids (mis)adventures as a misanthropic American in Paris. Gene Kelly he is not...but that's what makes it so smashingly silly... I really dig this book because it has that rare abiltiy to make you laugh out loud. And that's priceless in itself. I also really dig this book because while reading this, part of you will be thinking 'this boy really has problems...what a screwy family...' and the other part of you will be thinking 'Oh, my gosh...that reminds me of my sister...that reminds me of my crazy father...'. Which ever camp you're sitting in, this book will charm you right out of your seat... David Sedaris may talk pretty someday, but he writes amazingly right now.... xo
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Summary: I Couln't Stop Laughing!
Review: Buy this book. David Sadaris is incredible! This book is really a collection of anecdotes written by a man who is tentaively going to say what he thinks. And he does so in such a hilarious way that you will quake with laughter. The best part of the book is when he talks about his experiences in Paris. It is really funny. And Sadaris has the uncanny ability to make you feel what he is going through. Another highlight of this book is that he gives a totally new view of things. He attacks computers and modern life. But in a way that we can all understand with total sympathy. This is really a great book. Buy it as soon as possible and enjoy.
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Summary: Laugh out loud enjoyment
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs an introduction to David Sedaris' work. This collection is, perhaps, my favorite (although Naked runs a close second). I'm going to get the audio also just so I can hear him tell the stories. No matter how bizarre or how awful the people are with whom he interacts, Sedaris manages to find the seed of humanity and that is refreshing.
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Summary: Okay, my first mistake...
Review: was taking this often hysterical (if uneven) collection of essays with me to jury duty.Judges seem to hate it when a juror laughs out loud for no apparent reason...until the judge is familair with the wonderful David Sedaris. No doubt many reviewers will say that the first half of the book, which deals mainly with David and his father, is much more amusing than Part deux, which deals primarily with his life as the village idiot in France. Pay little attention. The second half pales ONLY because the first part of the book is practically flawless. My personal favorite is the chapter in which David's sister Amy (now seen on the Comedy Central Show "Strangers With Candy") comes home for Christmas wear half a fat suit, driving their father crazy. Laugh-out-loud funny! Sedaris is an amazingly truthful writer. If he views the world, his family harshly, its only because he values them so much. Throughout these stories, you find a sense of wonderment and joy (well, maybe not so much with the giant turd piece, but still...)
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Summary: Thank God For David Sedaris
Review: I hope David Sedaris lives, and writes, for a long, long time. Unfortunately for him, this may require that he give up smoking.
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Summary: Sedaris Fans Will Be Pleased
Review: This was Mink's favorite Sedaris book since B.F. The writer is at his prime, his voice never more confident, his wit never sharper. And the whole Paris thing is wonderful material for him to work with. Rich, I suppose, is the word Mink is looking for. Mink still feels that the little elf story is his best story ever.
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