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But other than that its a great book. Reading Dave is such a treat, he is the kind of guy I should date,polite,observant,with a dark witty, messed up sense of humor.Anyone who has worked in retail during Christmas can relate to The Santaland Diaries. Omigosh, this was one with like a hard ice tea in the middle of the dessert. I thought the conversational essay was dead. He tells you about the highs and lows of being a christmas elf.Dina the Christmas Whore was a great visual essay and The Christmas Letter was a scream.(although in the most twisted way )The last two are confusing and not worth reading.
The man is hystericaly funny, in a condescending, sharp-tongued manner. The best way to appreciate David Sedaris is either live or on audio cd. He is the Mark Twain of his day (if Twain had been a gay midget).
The book got mailed right away and was to me very shortly. Very nice
To conclude, struggling as I did getting through the whore to actually get back to the chuckle bubbles that kept erupting in SantaLand, I eventually recognized what makes Sedaris an attention grabbing name.Let's see: ".industrial-strength lasagna,". SantaLand Diaries, I remembered being the reason Sedaris's name stayed penned in my memory as `that gusty humorous author.' But I stopped cold with Season's Greetings. Saved for the stories pulled from the dark side of someone's traumatizing suffering, the way Sedaris lays humor on paper otherwise is among the cleverest in this time. But least I stop and digress as enough people have already pronounced their displeasure here. which made it difficult to laugh getting through the Christmas Whore. "pea-sized conscience". I cried laughing.
As noted above, I am finicky and draw lines quickly where it concerns children, but Front Row Center. I mean come on now, comparing bad entertainment to treating cancer early, that's just over the top brilliant humor. Ridiculing the Vietnamese girl and her language, yet leaving a child in her care, the dryer, the legal scuffle. No way. thank God it wasn't as long as SantaLand. My God.Why was this story even included.
".wrong-headed and pointless". and a bit clique I must add. Okay, so there's no way anyone can say this author doesn't possess that gusty type of humor. Season's Greeting literally made me sick to my stomach. "disposable boats, ultrasuede basketballs." --these unsullied phrases are littered throughout the book.
I hear there is an updated version of this book out and now and it has even more new material, so I will have to get around to picking that up. I was a little disappointed that the three new essays were fiction, but they are still very funny. I needed to read something light and fun after that last book and this certainly fit the bill. I just love David Sedaris. I just prefer the stories about his family, like "Dinah, the Christmas Whore," but I really did enjoy "Front Row and Center with Thaddeus Bristol" quite a bit.
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