David Sedaris is one of public radio's favorite storytellers. His work, and some of the stories printed in this book, have been featured on This American Life and All Things Considered. From the wonderful story about trying to learn french to teaching French children about American holidays and pastimes, Sedaris will have you laughing and leave you wanting more. 27 biographical essays covering 288 pages.
"Original, acid, and wild"—said the Los Angeles Times to every unforgettable encounter.
Compared to Twain and Hawthorne, David Sedaris has become one of the best-loved humorists of our time, writing with perfect pitch about the ludicrousness of our age. Featuring some pieces abut his sojourn in Paris that have been published and many that have been featured in The New Yorker, Esquire, and on NPR, this is a hilarious collection that shouldn't be missed. -The New Yorker
"The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humor that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had a love child." -Entertainment Weekly
"Skilled...dramatic...highly ingenious." -New York Newsday
"Not one of the seventeen autobiographical essays in this new collection failed to make me crack up; frequently I was helpless.... Even the bleakest of them contain stuff you shouldn’t read with your mouth full." -Craig Seligman, New York Times Book Review
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