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Summary: A little sick and slightly twisted, but in a good way...
Review: In "Barrel Fever" and "Naked," David Sedaris let his imagination run wild in fictional stories. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" differs from his previous collections in that he confined these writings to autobiography. Fortunately, his essays based on truth are as hilarious (though perhaps not as wildly farfetched) as those he makes up entirely. Coming from a family that includes a "tanorexic," the Rooster (the name that DS's brother calls himself), a sister that wears fat suits and cosmetic bruises, a father that hordes spoiled fruit, and a mother who fills Easter baskets with cartons of cigarettes, he has an unusually rich background to draw from. The second half of the book deals with his life as an American living in Paris. In addition to the charming misanthropy that is his trademark, these essays provide some dead-on observations of Americans by an American.One warning: avoid reading this collection in public if laughing so hard you soak yourself is something you might find at all embarrassing. David Sedaris is simply the funniest person writing today.
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Summary: He Write Funny Some Day
Review: Sederis' latest collection of essays are definitely hit-or-miss. When he attempts to illustrate his theme, communication, through the repetition of key details about his life he is often merely repetitious. Yes, David, you were a rascal to take so many drugs. Now get over yourself. Still, when he choses to move beyond his own behaviors to observe others he is both scathingly funny and offers real insight into the complexity of human interactions. Overall, the book is worth reading.
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Summary: He Write Funny
Review: David Sedaris is the funniest writer around. The first story, 'Go Carolina', kept me in thitches. Theriously. Thith book doeth not thuck!
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Summary: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Review: A big zero rating. I don't want to give it a star but you require the field to be put in! If you want the f word and the mf word popping up and hitting you in the face unexpectedly, and totally unnecessary,then you should buy this book. I don't enjoy it and won't finish reading it!
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Summary: wasted time
Review: Read three fourths of book and chunked it. I would be embaressed to give it away. Maybe 5 funny pages.
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Summary: Comic voyeurism at its best
Review: Whenever reading Sedaris' work I always half way expect him to sneak up on me and yank the book away as if I had been reading the most personal pages of his diary. In time, however, you realize that the author not only doesn't mind sharing these sometimes painful, mostly hilarious stories. Instead, he seems to relish in sharing his unique perspective on the world. Like "Naked", "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is consistently fresh and always entertaining.
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Summary: He write funny
Review: I am a huge fan of David Sedaris and I loved this book. The essays in this collection are divided into two parts: One and Deux, covering the author's life in the U.S. and in France. Anybody who has studied a foreign language, at home or abroad will recognize some of Sedaris' struggles. One of my favorite essays is called "Jesus Shaves", which describes an attempt by fellow foreign language students to describe Easter to a another student in French. Using their limited vocabulary, they manage: "It is...a party for the little boy of God who call his self Jesus and..." "He call his self Jesus and then he be die one day on two...morsels of...lumber". Very enjoyable essays. They will cheer you up!
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Summary: Smashing
Review: Dave is a master of the uproariously fake confessional. Plus, it's nice and short.
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Summary: Just get it.
Review: My only regret is having read it so fast. This is Sedaris's funniest book to date - I laughed until my face hurt.
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Summary: this is one funny writer
Review: David Sedaris is a delight. I was so happy when the latest book of his was delivered. And I was not disappointed in the least. I howled when I was ALONE and reading it, something I seldom do. Things usually seem funnier when people are around.
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