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DirFX - Me Talk Pretty One Day

	List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $10.19 Your Save: $ 4.80 ( 32% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54 EAN: 9780316776967 ISBN: 0316776963 Label: Back Bay Books Manufacturer: Back Bay Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2001-06-05 Publisher: Back Bay Books Studio: Back Bay Books
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Editorial Reviews: A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Thank you, David Sedaris! Comment: With sardonic wit and an eye for the absurd, David Sedaris gives hyperbolic treatment and philosophical consideration to what would otherwise be a mundane life. And just when it seems that his aresenal of experiences is depleted, he invites us to witness from the perspective of his unfettered imagnination. We oblige, of course, because by now this neurotic maladroit is our friend, his fantasies of being a celebrated and sought-after hero are our own, and we are more like him than we ever dared to admit. Customer Rating: Summary: Pure drivel Comment: This highly overrated book is far from being funny. Dreck and dross, that's what it is. I mean, i would have read past chapter 8 if it were at least a remotely interesting book, let alone funny. I skimmed a lot even to get there. Out of the first eight chapters, the ones on his speech therapy sessions, guitar lessons, his years as an art school student, his dad's poor sense of humor, his trash spouting brother, putting his family pets down, a Thanksgiving dinner anecdote etc failed to entertain. Oh wait, that pretty much sums up the first 8 chapters. The book probably belongs to a different class of humor that i can't relate to. In any case, a disappointing read. Customer Rating: Summary: The David Sedaris Starter Kit Comment: One mark of a great book is when you laugh out loud alone. This book accomplishes the feat, and my main complaint is that it didn't last longer. Sedaris is an engaging presenter live, and I'd suggest watching or listening to him speak before reading the book. You'll understand the comic timing and the absurdity of some of the stories more. Highly recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: is there an option for ZERO stars?? Comment: Horrid just about covers it - not funny, very much a waste of time. I think the title is a good clue as to the content - complete drivel. I've given a couple of his other books a glance - everyone deserves a second chance, no? Unfortunately I have found the others similarly disappointing. His little stitched-together anecdotes are weak attempts at humor that don't come off funny and only make him seem more pathetic in the telling. Customer Rating: Summary: best sedaris book Comment: i love this man and this is my favorite of his books (though i will admit i am just now reading Holidays on Ice). he makes me laugh out loud and has a way of putting words on paper that capture things in a way no one else can. even my sister, who is not a big reader and prefers more "chick lit" genre books was laughing out loud when she she picked this up out of desperation when we were on vacation. you will not be disappointed. More Reviews

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