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Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery , The Best of Me , and Calypso . He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor. Klappentext David Sedaris' first collection of comic stories and essays. Performed by the author and his sister Amy, this program is described by the "New York Post" as "a nuclear barrage of humor you could never replicate by reading this material on your own". Abridged. 3 CDs.A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the no,1 bestselling writer, Time named America´s Favorite Humorist. Zusammenfassung A collection of personal essays - surprising! disarming! heartbreakingly funny - from the no!1 bestselling writer! Time named America's Favorite Humorist.
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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 Guardian
