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Naked (Paperback)

by David Sedaris (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (6 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349119775
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349119779
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,917 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'This is a man who could capture your heart and lift your spirits while reading out the ingredients of a rice cake.' Observer 'His best, funniest, most satisfying book.' Time Out 'Sedaris writes with a gentle but unfailing acuity and a keen eye for t

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A riotous collection of memoirs which explores the absurd hilarity of modern life and creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behaviour in 'A Plague of Tics' to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the company of lunatics. At this soulful and moving moment, he brushes cigarette ashes from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means. This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self- effacement and a lifelong search for identity leaving himself both under suspicion and over dressed.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Twisted, Insane and Hilarious! Unique!, 7 Mar 2003
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Naked (Paperback)
Only David Sedaris can take a mundane activity and turn it inside out so intensely and simply that you can't stop laughing. This collection includes his morbid Greek grandmother who turns the family life upside down until they force her into not one, but two nursing homes where she traumatizes all around her. As a youngster, Sedaris finds an old pornographic novel with horrible typos that speaks of relentless incest. Passing it down to his sisters, they all develop a fear of their "sexual prowling" parents. Senior Sedaris tricks the kids into going golfing only to have sister Lisa have her first period at the fourteenth hole in front of all the Golfing big shots. Does the author stop hitch-hiking after several attempts on his life? No. This he finds exciting, made all the better when he can produce marijuana to calm any fag-hating drivers. The stories are alarmingly fresh and Sedaris' viewpoint is so violently skewed, you wonder how he lives his life at all. This is a hilarious outlook on life.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The three I've recently read, and you should too, 9 May 2008
By Sarah H. (Surrey) - See all my reviews
I've recently come across three fantastic funny books. The first was called BARRING SOME UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT and it just blew me away. Second was THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES by Ceclia Ahern, and finally, last but not least NAKED by Sedaris.

If you like to laugh, you'll enjoy these books, but I have to say that NAKED was the best yet. Now, I've not read a lot of Sedaris, but he's one funny guy. The book is a hilarious collection of memoirs, essays, the usual hodge-podge that Sedaris somehow manaages to make work. Possibly the best story is A PLAGUE OF TICS which involves his literaly "nakedness" in front of a bunch of loonies. Sedaris is a master storyteller of immense proportions and his humour translates easily from America to England. Kudos to the master.


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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cure for selfish whining about family, 8 Jan 2003
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This review is from: Naked (Paperback)
David Sedaris writes mostly about his family (including himself), but instead of relying on the tired old wouldyoubelieveit style to get their personalities across, he makes obsessiveness, predictability and contemptuous familiarity seem normal and inevitable. Which they probably are. The writing is very 'straight' for such a hilarious book, and it's appallingly and brilliantly clear - you're not spared just exactly how everything felt, even though he doesn't exactly tell you.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not his funniest work, by a long way.
Whoever said that this book was a riot to read was reading a different edition/living on another planet; I'm sure of it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sheikh Zabir

5.0 out of 5 stars The God of comic writing
Actually, I might have overshot there - Bill Bryson has always held that office in my life, but seeing as how I'm in waiting for something new from the Great One, David Sedaris... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lynne Barrett-lee

5.0 out of 5 stars Books like this will give essays a good name
This is a book of short autobiographical writings or essays. I don't usually like books of short essays. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bantam Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars He can't go wrong
Sedaris is a great and funny writer. Humour is hard to do standing up, but on the written page it can fall flat and be fatal. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Trianny Smalls

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and witty
This is a very funny book, so funny that I shed tears of fun throughout the time that I read it. The title "Naked" is itself enticing, and reading the book offers no regrets for... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2006 by Bobby

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, hysterically funny, moving
David Sedaris is on his way to becoming an American national treasure. His essay-style books use the premise of his life and growing up in a dysfunctional family to look at life... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2005 by T. Halkin

1.0 out of 5 stars I also didn't get it
Well, I got some of it, which was hilarious, but this book is mostly not worth it. Like the other reviewer, I was also reading and reading to get to the funny part, only to... Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2004 by Aj Viljoen

1.0 out of 5 stars Maybe I didn't get it...
A lot of the reviews for this book have centred on the fact that it is a laugh a minute giggle-fest. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2004 by Bogue

4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny book that won't let you stop laughing.
The author describes his life from childhood to young adulthood. His incisive comments and the experiences he goes through are all unbelievably humourous. Read more
Published on 10 May 2001 by LaCatalina

5.0 out of 5 stars I actually cried
The last time I laughed this hard was ten years ago with Martin Amis' "London Fields". I sincerely hope that this book is largely autobiographical! Read more
Published on 9 April 2000

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