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In these outrageously funny fables, featuring animals with unmistakably human failings, New Yorker and public radio humorist David Sedaris holds up a bestial mirror to our own neuroses, illustrated with hilarious drawings by Olivia creator and New Yorker cartoonist Ian Falconer. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line, and in "The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat," two lab subjects debate the powers of positive thinking...

This is David Sedaris's original collection of arch and hilarious holiday satire, now a perennial (if subversive) favorite, in a compact, hand-sized edition ideal for bringing to your next adult Christmas party, or reading under your desk. Here you will find a critic's erudite shredding of a Christmas pageant ("Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol"), the increasing domestic disaster revealed in a chipper annual newsletter ("Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!"), and the timeless classic...

David Raymond Sedaris, born in Binghamton, New York on December 26, 1956, is an American humorist. He was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina with his sister Amy Sedaris, a comedic actress and writer. They were raised Greek Orthodox members of a six sibling brood, years that Sedaris references back to constantly in his works. According to his writings, a lisp led to a love of all �s-less� words and to parents worried about his orientation while he was young. Sedaris has written that this all brought...

DAVID SEDARIS Simply put, David Sedaris is America’s foremost humorist. His unfailingly funny, frequently autobiographical books skewer the failings and foibles of everyday life with sparkling prose, scintillating wit, and sardonically self-deprecating insight. A regular contributor to Public Radio International’s This American Life and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Sedaris is the author of a slew of New York Times bestselling collections of hilarious essays and short fiction...

David Sedaris' beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris' tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight...

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Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, David Sedaris has become one of the best-loved humorists of our time, writing with perfect pitch about the ludicrousness of our age. Featuring some pieces about his sojourn in Paris that have been published and many that have been featured in The New Yorker , Esquire , and on NPR , this is a hilarious collection that shouldn't be missed.

In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.

In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.

THE SANTALAND DIARIES is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker’s Christmas must feel like. Out of work, our slacker decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holiday crunch. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa’s workshop, he becomes battle weary and bitter. Taking consolation in the fact that some of the other elves were television extras on One Life to Live, he grins and bears it, occasionally taking out his frustrations on the...

2011 Audio Finalist, Humor. A book of acerbic, outrageously funny fables featuring animals with unmistakably human failings. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. These animals are like us – that's what makes them so funny. Includes enhanced CD with PDF of illustrations provided by Ian Falconer.

David Sedaris's unflappable inventiveness translates, in the first section of this anthology, to a smattering of pieces with giddiness, daring, and heart. A particular highlight, by Wendy Molyneux, earned his award for "Best American Woman Comedy Piece Written by a Woman" and is guaranteed to set off snorts of delight with each re-read. In the second section, as in previous years, Eggers's picks prove solid and balanced, if expected. Rana Dasgupta's superb article, exploring India's new wealth and...