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The best of me / David Sedaris.
For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler’s lap. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say “give it to me” in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird. Taken together, the stories in TheBest of Me reveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected—it’s often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder—but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful.
The American humorist, author, and radio contributor shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic, and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
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- ISBN: 9780316628242
- ISBN: 0316628247
- ISBN: 1408713896
- ISBN: 9781408713891
- Physical Description: ix, 400 pages ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
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| Subject: | Sedaris, David. American wit and humor. |
| Genre: | Essays. Personal narratives. Anecdotes. Humor. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | 818.54 SEDARIS 2020 | 39851001577841 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
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