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Naked [Kindle Edition]

David Sedaris (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews) |
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A satirical brazenness that holds up next to Twain and Nathaneal West (New YORKER )

Sidesplitting (New York TIMES BOOK REVIEW )

Genuinely funny, at time hilarious . . . Makes for a smashing use of audio as a unique entertainment medium . . . Highly likable and spirited throughout (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY )

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*A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 356 KB
  • Print Length: 308 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0316777730
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital (5 Aug 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004K1EGMS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #36,502 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Format: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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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Martin A Hogan HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format: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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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
He can't go wrong 7 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback
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. Sedaris's book ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY is his best work and NAKED takes a good solid second place to that. I'd give BARREL FEVER third. This said, you should still read NAKED as it has got some great material in it. "A Plague of tics" is by far the best thing in the book and you'll wet yourself in public reading this if you're not careful. Would also recommend the funny book KATZENJAMMER by McCrae if you want something Sedaris like but with a great many twists and turns.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
This is laugh out loud at it's finest
Brilliant book, an enjoyable read- had me splitting sides many times, was quite a difficult task to stifle laughter whilst in public places.

Gets 5 stars.. loved it!
Published 26 days ago by alitastarr
Comedic yet patchy yarns about life
Naked, published in 1997 is the second book by David Sedaris I have read having read Me Talk Pretty One Day, a later work, some years ago. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. A. Davison
Powerful
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 4 months ago by Bobby Ferguson
Methinks not
Is this one of his better efforts? Oh well. Obviously better live, though print's good for authorial self-esteem and for those like me who can't stand his voice. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Simon G. Barrett
Funny - but not a side splitter !
Enjoyed the eccentric some what scatter gun approach of the author's recollections. Found myself tittering occasionally but certainly not laughing out loud. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr Q
I just don't get it
I bought this because someone said it was one of the funniest books they had ever read, but I guess humour is personal thing and I didn't find it funny at all. Read more
Published 14 months ago by B. A. Baker
hilarious
This book had me crying with laughter and I actually read parts of it aloud to someone else as it was just funny. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Green Book Addict Librarian
Not a 'side-splitter'
It took me two attempts to read this book. The first time, I read a few of the stories and then put the book to one side. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Canarian
Pretentious drivel
I tried reading every story in the hope that I would find one that would make me laugh out loud, but with no luck. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by M. Fletcher
Funny yet honest
In this collection of autobiographical short stories David Sedaris gives us a glimpse into his life as a boy and a young man starting out in the world of work. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2009 by Benjamin
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