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Summary: Great!
Review: I usually read about history or political science, but needing a break from it all I picked up Me Talk Pretty One Day. Anyway, it's a sure thing. Very witty and very funny.
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Summary: Great book
Review: What a funny book! Sedaris has a way to entice the reader and hold their attention. He speaks of his childhood anf family life, joking about how disfunctional they were. Each chapter is another story from Sedaris's life from childhood to living in Paris. I laughed out loud the whole time. I would recommmend reading Naked. It's just as good.
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Summary: You can still BUY laughter.
Review: I consider myself a VERY tough cookie to crack when it comes to making me laugh via literature...but I must say, Sedaris had a walk in the park with me. I just didn't know what hit me! The prose was exquisite, the timing was precise, and the rythm was nothing short of perfect. Sedaris has brought to the concept of short story/essay writing what ketchup/mustard/chopped-onions did for the hot-dog. Sedaris has set the standard for the new generation of narrative in the English language.
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Summary: Need A Good Laugh.....Buy This Book!
Review: This book was so funny I laughed so hard I cried.
Forget about it reading it around other people at home, in
restaurants, on a plane....they'll think you're crazy as you break out in laughter. Thank you David for a very funny book!
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Summary: Laughed Out Loud - In Public
Review: I read this on two plane rides to a conference and could not help but to laugh out loud. I'm sure the other passengers thought I was absolutely nuts. I didn't care. Sedaris' style is easy and funny to read, but harder to explain. If you haven't read some of the stories, it's extremely difficult to relay them in any decent manner. Though too many to point out here - two that spring to mind are the ones having to do w/his sister Amy (on the Chicago L and at a photo shoot) and the explanation of Easter during a French class. It's a quicker read that will make you smile (and laugh out loud) the entire way through.
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Summary: Gifted Comic Insight and Timing
Review: I am truly sorry I successfully ignored what I thought was just a "cute" bestseller for so long -- poignant and painful, lisping Greek American and French student David Sedaris is a genius of uncomfortably dark but ultimately kindhearted comic timing and the art of the devastating personal essay. Not every chapter forces you to put the book down every three words to recover, but the ones that do are unforgettable. Drug addicted, alcoholic "village idiot" narcissist or not, David Sedaris' dysfunctional autobiographical sanity does anything but soothe. At a time when embarrassing Americans are eating "freedom fries," highly recommended existential therapy.
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Summary: I hated the Rooster
Review: With so many people glorifying the chapter in this book about Sedaris' brother, nicknamed The Rooster, I had to add my own opinion. I hated that chapter. I found his protrayal of his brother annoying, offensive, and totally unlikeable. By saying this, I am not saying I didn't enjoy the book. I did. Sedaris is a very funny writer, though I more enjoy hearing him read his essays on the radio. But please, no more praise for the profanity spewing Rooster, who comes across as nothing more than a ignorant jerk.
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Summary: Raw, real, hilarious
Review: I read this book while I was stuck in my hotel room with a bad head cold and a baby with same while on a family ski trip. Although I missed the slopes, I had a great time! I could not put this book down. As the highschool reviewer wrote, the chapter about the Rooster is the best! In fact, it reminded me so much of my highschool days 20 years ago that I was in tears with laughter. David Sedaris is a brilliant writer with an amazing ability to communicate - you feel like you've met his parents, family, bosses....experienced his life from his eyes. Can't wait to get my hands on another of his books.
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Summary: Wonderful writing, fun to read
Review: I couldn't wait to read this book every night when I went to bed. Great writing, love the sarcastic humor, unique observations on life - just a lot of fun.
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Summary: Couldn't put this book down!
Review: David Sedaris is so offbeat and funny.After purchasing this book, I read it cover to cover in one day. Refreshing change from the norm.
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