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Naked
Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer David Sedaris must kill to get this book. These would be fans of the scaldingly snide Sedaris's hilariously described personal misadventures like The Santaland Diaries (a monologue about his work as an elf to a department store Santa) seen off-Broadway in 1997. In a series of similarly textured essays, Sedaris takes us along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories.
Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer David Sedaris must kill to get this book. These would be fans of the scaldingly snide Sedaris's hilariously described personal misadventures like The Santaland Diaries (a monologue about his work as an elf to a department store Santa) seen off-Broadway in 1997. In a series of similarly textured essays, Sedaris takes us along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories.
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403 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Come gather 'round you people...
A few years ago someone rather famous said that it is the duty of art to reflect society. That, for better or for worse, it is the duty of the artist (painter, writer, poet, etc) to portray in their art the condition of their society. More on this...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
Disappointed
Reading a book by David Sedaris is like reading a column by Garrison Keillor--mostly quite boring. Both are good when they are live reading their material because it is all in the delivery.
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2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
SUBLIME
Unbelievably, pant-wettingly funny. His take on apple-picking is one of the most beautifully structured comic essays in history, and his experiences in a nudist colony are brilliant. Sedaris is a god. A god!
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
A hilarious Book!
This book caught me quite off guard. My sister had been telling me about this author David Sedaris for a while and she got me a copy of Naked for Christmas one year. It took me some time to read it and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it....
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
The God of Essays
David Sedaris is the God of Essays. He is the most observant writer on the planet. His work is smart AND funny. I can't get enough of his dry wit.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 22, 2008 Type: User Review |
funny
Good book,i liked Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim better but this one is funny too, if you like these kinds of books.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
Quite funny!
This was my first time reading David Sedaris and I found it quite funny! I enjoyed the fact that each chapter is not exactly in chronological order, but instead centers around certain parts of his life. As memoirs go, this is one that I'll never...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good...not great
I guess because I had read so many raving reviews of this book I had expected more. I did have a giggle every once-in-a-while, but not enough to have LOVED this book.
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
a pleasing memoir of a kooky young man
'Naked' by David Sedaris is a collection of several autobiographical stories of his youth. We get to meet his unusual parents, Greek grandmother, and a wide assortment of decidedly strange people and the author struggles to grow up. Most of...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
Sedaris' most cynical work
A couple of gems in here though it's not nearly as stellar as Me Talk Pretty One Day. Still, I keep this one handy for those nights between novels.
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