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A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020) / David Sedaris.
Picking up where his previous volume of diaries, 'Theft by Finding', (9780316154727) left off, David Sedaris chronicles the years 2003-2020.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316558792 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 566 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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| Subject: | Sedaris, David > Diaries. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Humorists, American > 20th century > Biography. United States > Social life and customs > 21st century > Humor. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Diaries. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 818.5409 Sedar | 31681010284909 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit. 750,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"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 observation turn outward: afight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party -- lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background -- new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end.At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin." -- - Baker & Taylor
In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit. - Grand Central Pub
A New York Times Book Review Editorsâ Choice: Thereâs no right way to keep a diary, but if thereâs an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have masÂtered it.
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If itâs navel-gazing youâre after, youâve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leapÂing to his death. Thereâs a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner partyâlots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs.
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These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmÂless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing backgroundânew administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you canât by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.
