Books by David Sedaris
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review 1: I first read David Sedaris when I was 16, and I kind of feel like I've grown up with him and followed him from Chicago, to New York, to France and now the UK. This book definitely touches on his physical failings as a man over 50 (see: the final essay about getting a colonoscopy)...
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review 1: I think I might have a slightly wrong title because the one I listened to was "Live at Carnegie Hall" and the first story was one about his sister's parrot but I'm not seeing the real one alone, i.e. not part of a box set, so I'll review the one available for download at OhioLINK...
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review 1: This is the lowest rating that I've ever given a book by David Sedaris, who is one of my favorite authors. I really enjoyed the concept, and several stories in this book made me laugh out loud. But this book is unfortunately guilty of using animals as a stand-in for African Ame...
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review 1: I actually enjoyed this more than some of Sedaris's non-fiction essays. It was a very quick and entertaining read. To say I "couldn't put it down" would not be truthful (short essays make for many breaks in reading, at least for me), but I found myself reaching for this first e...