Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
$24.32
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2013
Summary
From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler’s experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembod…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119427 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349119422 |
| Author: | David Sedaris |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 19mm |
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Romantic, shocking and punctuated with the kind of funnies that, if you’re reading while eating, make you snort food through your nose
A dazzling collection * Mail on Sunday *A dazzling collection * Mail on Sunday *Romantic, shocking and punctuated with the kind of funnies that, if you’re reading while eating, make you snort food through your nose – Lisa Gee * Independent *There are lines that go off like firecrackers, storing up their hilarity until the last moment, and there are the one he lobs like little grenades amid the chaos and merriment – David Shariatmadari * Guardian *There are sudden moments of honest, revelation and frailty … Long may he write and long may the ‘Indefinite Leave’ sticker remain in the once stolen and now returned passport of this honorary Briton – Viv Groskop * Telegraph *Brilliantly clever, inventive and funny * Guardian *Treat yourself to this sparkling collection of essays … You’ll gurgle with laughter or cringe in recognition of uncomfortable truths. Sedaris … can identify with almost any absurd situation and wring the last drop of wit from it, but he is also the master of elegantly crafted sentences that simultaneously convey vulnerability, compassion, cruelty and glee … polished to perfection * Daily Mail *Thoughtful, witty, excitable, world-weary, romantic, fastidious … creating waves of sympathy and wry humour, as though a rather amazing stranger is addressing you and you alone – Susie Boyt * Financial Times *Biting, intimate anecdotes from America’s finest humorist * Daily Telegraph *Consistently laugh-out-loud funny, Sedaris’ pieces are self-obsessed, shocking, wonderfully sustained and closely observed … What can happen to anybody becomes darkly hilarious with Sedaris * Independent *
About The Author
David Sedaris
David Sedaris divides his time between London and Sussex. Raised in North Carolina, he has worked as a housecleaner and most famously, as a part-time elf for Macy’s. Several of his plays have been produced, and he is a regular contributor to Esquire and Public Radio International’s ‘This American Life’.
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