David Sedaris
Paperback | Pages: 196 pages Rating: 3.79 | 49897 Users | 1718 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays |
| ISBN: | 0316779423 (ISBN13: 9780316779425) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.davidsedarisbooks.com/titles/david-sedaris/barrel-fever/9780316031653/ |
| Literary Awards: | Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Humor (1995) |
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In David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’s collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves.David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries”, recounting his strange-but-true experiences as an elf at Macy’s, and soon became one of the show’s most popular commentators. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything can happen.
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Define Regarding Books Barrel Fever
| Title | : | Barrel Fever |
| Author | : | David Sedaris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 1st Paperback Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 196 pages |
| Published | : | 1994 by Back Bay Books |
| Categories | : | Humor. Nonfiction. Writing. Essays. Short Stories. Autobiography. Memoir. Comedy. Audiobook |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 49897 Users | 1718 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books Barrel Fever
I loved Me Talk Pretty One Day, but Barrel Fever was painful. The audiobook is read by the author with a few vocal appearances from his sister, Amy Sedaris.... I guess I was just expecting more from them than a tangled mess of sub par short stories - all of which seem to feature the same narcissistic, celebrity obsessed, accident prone, substance abusing, deadbeat narrator who happens to be gay. It's like a terrible version of Curb Your Enthusiam...in which the narrator is plugged intoAfter reading Sedaris's much better written (and funnier) Me Talk Pretty One Day earlier this year, his debut book of stories and essays is disappointing. The short stories, in particular, are uneven, many of them contrived, failed attempts at being whimsical, absurd or shocking. I guess he's just not very good at making stuff up.The one gem is the final piece, the now famous SantaLand Diaries, chronicling his experiences as a 33-year-old working as an elf at Macy's elaborate holiday display.
David Sedaris has become one of my favorite writers. He's funny, he's brutally honest, and he looks at life through a unique lens that I've grown to love. But I'll be honest: if this had been the first book by Sedaris that I read, I probably wouldn't have found any of this out because I wouldn't have been tempted to pick up another of his books ever again.Okay, so it wasn't unreadable. In fact, it was often funny and it did shed a light on the stupidity in society, something that I've come to
Old Sedaris, and I think I like his last few books much better than this. But there certainly was some good stuff.Listened to it on audiobook, voiced by Sedaris (including Amy in a few spots).
don't link gays and war criminals! as a member of both communities, i would like to point out that there are some stark differences.
Even though this is one of David Sedaris's earliest offerings, I did not read it first. I came onto Sedaris's sardonic wit through the fantastic essay collection "Me Talk Pretty One Day." After laughing my way through those 200 plus pages I was hungry for more by the author. Being a completest, I usually read everything I can by authors that I enjoy.Coming from the high that was "Me Talk Pretty..." I was a little put off by "Barrel Fever," the next title I attempted from the author. Where as
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