Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

Hilarious. I liked this even more than Me Talk Pretty One Day. Sedaris' pours his dry, sarcastic sense of humor into every sentence of every story in this collection. He has a knack for storytelling as it is, but it doesn't hurt that his family - featured in most of the stories here - is a couple beers short of a six pack.

In this book, the stories range from childhood adventures to anecdotes from his life in rural France. My personal favorite is "Six to Eight Black Men." I don't know what else to say about this. If you haven't read/heard anything by this author, you need to. This is as good a starting point as any.

2 comments:

Brent Waggoner said...

I have to write a review for this. My favorite Sedaris book.

Carlton Farmer said...

I agree with the both of you. This is his best work.
And "Six to Eight Black Men" is hilarious.