![]() ![]() ![]() This is a man who could capture your heart and lift your spirits while reading out the ingredients of a rice cake. These are scenes of family life at its best, written with clarity but also with great affection, through which the character of the author emerges, watchful, self-mocking and full of understanding. Sedaris shares something of Bennett's detached curiosity, and they both have a thirst for amusement - Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday * He's the real thing - James Naughtie * Radio Times *Ī deadpan, darkly comical portrait of the American underbelly. Apparently effortless humour is difficult, and precious. In an era when US satire is outpacing our own he's a sharp, humane and hilarious voice that never fails to make you smile - and sometimes weep. ![]() Ultimately, his masterstroke is in acting as a bystander in his own story * Guardian * So often Sedaris's phrasing is beautiful in its piquancy and minimalism.His life is extraordinary in so many ways - the drug addiction, the eccentric family, the crazy jobs, the fame, the globetrotting - but one of the more unlikely achievements here is in making it all seem quite ordinary. ![]()
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