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Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002) / David Sedaris.
Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316154725
- ISBN: 9780316154727
- Physical Description: 514 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 36.50 |
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| Subject: | Sedaris, David > Diaries. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius. - Baker & Taylor
An anthology of personal favorite diary entries by the best-selling author ofLet's Explore Diabetes with Owls features excerpts that have inspired his famed autobiographical essays and shares insights into the intimate arenas of his life. 750,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiotAn NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee
David 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.
