Book description
There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight…
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Even in his diaries, where he can be anything he wants, David Sedaris is never more, or less, his own self. Empathetic, selfish, courageous, craven, enjoying his wealth, sharing filthy jokes people give him at signings, arguing with and loving his longtime partner Hugh, siblings, and a panoply of personalities from all over the world. Also, he picks up trash as a hobby. These snack-sized (pun intended) excerpts from 17 years of diaries are fun, snappy, insightful, and a kind of time travel. Also, deeply funny. It takes a particular dedication to a writer's voice to want to read their…
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