Entertainment Weekly on Barrel Fever Sidesplitting Not one of the essays in this new collection failed to crack me up frequently I was helpless. At last, someone even meaner than the French! The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humour that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had had a love child. Sedariss essays on living in Paris are some of the funniest hes ever written. Sedaris is an amazing reader whose appearances draw hundreds, and his performancesincluding a jaw-dropping impression of Billie Holiday singing I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weinerare unforgettable. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. He explains how horrible his French teacher was and how that affected his learning and the learning of the other students. This story is about Sedaris as he moves to France to go to college. Through this tale, David Sedaris connects with students who are trying to learn a new language in a different country. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. In David Sedaris’ essay Me Talk Pretty One Day, Sedaris tells stories of his time in France, learning the French language, often through humorous stories. ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day’ is a comical tale of woe, hilariously connects with readers and students alike. A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation.
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