A Carnival of Snackery

Diaries: Volume Two

A Carnival of Snackery
David Sedaris
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h198 x 126mm - 576pg
2 Jun 2022 UK
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9780349141909
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Praise for Theft by Finding, the first volume of David Sedaris' s diaries' The writing here is funnier, (even) sharper . . . There isn' t a dull word among these pages' India Knight, Sunday Times' Could there be a more delightful American import than the memoirist David Sedaris? Not since the peanut butter and jelly sandwich have we inherited something so sweet and comforting yet so wickedly naughty' The Times' So often Sedaris' s phrasing is beautiful in its piquancy and minimalism. . . His life is extraordinary in so many ways - the drug addiction, the eccentric family, the crazy jobs, the fame, the globetrotting - but one of the more unlikely achievements here is in making it all seem quite ordinary. Ultimately, his masterstroke is in acting as a bystander in his own story' Book of the Day, Guardian' He is the American Alan Bennett - or would be, if Bennett had a history of serious substance abuse and a higher tolerance for sick humour' Times Literary Supplement' He makes me laugh so much. In an era when US satire is outpacing our own he' s a sharp, humane and hilarious voice that never fails to make you smile - and sometimes weep. Apparently effortless humour is difficult, and precious. He' s the real thing' James Naughtie, Radio Times' A deadpan, darkly comical portrait of the American underbelly . . . Sedaris shares something of [Alan] Bennett' s detached curiosity, and they both have a thirst for amusement' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday' It' s like gossiping with an old friend - if that friend were a rather sexy American Alan Bennett with lots of good drug stories' The Times' Just as in his essays and stories, the young Sedaris is both scandalising and scandalised, surprisingly profound, and very, very funny . . . Sedaris fans will not be surprised to know that he can do darkness and profundity as well as humour. Theft by Finding is full of all three, but what makes it so good is Sedaris' s gift for sidling up them all from the least expected angle' Daily Telegraph
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America' s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames and his most recent book, Let' s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let' s Explore Diabetes With Owls was a Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris' s pieces appear regularly in the New Yorker and have twice been included in ' The Best American Essays' . There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into twenty-nine languages.

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