Naked

ByDavid Sedaris

Release Date: 2009-05-04
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Score: 4

From 443 Ratings

Description

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris!

In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable.

A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imminent death.

Through it all is Sedaris's unmistakably hilarious voice—without doubt one of the freshest in American writing.

“If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further than David Sedaris.” ―NPR

Reviews

Interesting for the first ten pages
1
By xyz 123456
Don't bother....unless you like painfully slow reads about nothing in particular.
Love it!!
5
By Od13
I completely loved this book and laughed the whole time!!
Horrible
1
By Gagibeaner
I second everything that the previous poster said. I chucked it in the trash after finishing. Complete waste of time.
Poinless
1
By Marychinese34
Reading this narcissistic book was torture. Interesting up until his ticks..that's hilarious. From then on it's all downhill. The book had no point at all other than this gay man's awkwardness and his inability to interact. Serious issues are avoided thuought the book. Complete waste of time.
David Sedaris Naked
5
By Logan Holloway
Hard to put down, a completely addictive read.
Inside look
5
By Yoginilaughs
You really get to peek into the lives of a family who is twisted enough to be entertaining but real enough to be reminiscent of your own family...
Lol!
5
By Cmarie2010
Great stories! So personal and so well written. And always very funny. Loved it.
Less humorous, but still Sedaris excellent
5
By Kaishauri
I got the book thinking it would be laugh out loud funny like Me Talk Pretty One Day. This book still made me laugh, but it is so incredibly personal and revealing that I found myself thinking about passages days after I read them. Highly recommended!
Another humorous read by Sedaris
5
By Hoss28
Great stories and one of my favorite collections.