The latest installment from the always funny, sometimes strange humorist David Sedaris. The writing here is funnier, (even) sharper... There isn't a dull word on these pages. This first of two volumes of his rich diaries takes us from 1977 to 2002, where we watch him transform from a pessimistic 21-year-old in humble jobs to the man recognized as possibly the best humorist of the 2000s. Sedaris's life is extraordinary in so many ways - drug dependency, eccentric family, odd jobs, fame, travel - but the most improbable achievement here is that he manages to make it all seem quite ordinary. Sedaris is the American version of Alan Bennett - if Bennett had a history of serious addiction and a higher tolerance for black humor. He is the ultimate voice of funny and human education that never fails to make us laugh - and sometimes cry. A youthful Sedaris is both scandal and scandalous, deeply and very funny... The collection "Theft by Finding" is full of these elements, but what makes it so good is Sedaris's gift for approaching it all from the least expected angle.
Manufacturer
- Author
- David Sedaris
- Publisher
- Little Brown Book Group
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Release Date
- 06/2022
- Type
- Biography
- Publication Date
- 2022
- Dimensions
- 13x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781408714102
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