Overview
"One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's ""Vulture"", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of 2017 An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017 A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017 A Goodreads Choice Awards nomineeDavid Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunning, surprising sentences.Now, Sedaris shares his private writings with the world. Theft by Finding, the first of two volumes, is the story of how a drug-abusing dropout with a weakness for the International House of Pancakes and a chronic inability to hold down a real job became one of the funniest people on the planet.Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can't fully disguise, Theft By Finding proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there's no such thing as a boring day."
Full Product Details
Author: David Sedaris ,
David Sedaris ,
Gary Carpenter
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Imprint: Little Brown and Company
Edition: Library Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9781478949299
ISBN 10: 1478949295
Publication Date: 30 May 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Scintillating...Sedaris is a latter-day Charlie Chaplin: droll, put-upon but not innocent, and besieged by all sorts of obstreperous or menacing folks. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A mesmerizing volume...A candid, socially incisive, and sharply amusing chronicle of the evolution of an arresting comedic artist. -- Booklist (starred review) Though the mood is usually light, the book is also a more serious look into his travails as an artist and person...A surprisingly poignant portrait. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Fans will thrill to this opportunity to poke around in the writer's personal diaries, which he...used as raw material for his hilarious nonfiction as well as his performances. -- Boston Globe With eviscerating wit and radiant humanity...Fans will no doubt delight in the entries that will turn into Sedaris's most beloved essays. -- O, The Oprah Magazine A master of incisive and comic cultural criticism...told with his singular sense of humor. -- Harper's Bazaar One of the wonderful things about experiencing this book on audio is, of course, Sedaris' wry and weary delivery. When depicting conversations, he'll do an accent or impersonation if he knows he can do it well. His brother and father get their own personas, for example, while he quotes others in his own voice. Listening to him mimic an usher at a movie theater or an IHOP waitress highlights what an exquisite observer he is. Vocalizing not just dropped g's or inventive profanity, Sedaris also captures the pauses and pace that give a great line its punch. -- Booklist (starred audio review) Only David Sedaris should narrate books by David Sedaris. He's simply wonderful...These diary entries are well worth hearing, including an entire entry of 'uh's.' Even his unfinished ramblings are well crafted, and Sedaris is truly a delight to hear...with his inimitable sweetly sarcastic delivery...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile
Author Information
David Sedaris is the author of the books Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. He lives in England. David Sedaris is the author of the books Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. He lives in England.
