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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
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This book is ideal for readers who enjoy clever, humorous storytelling and essays that blend satire with heartfelt observation. Fans of contemporary humour and those who appreciate incisive takes on everyday life will find this collection particularly engaging.
With a skewed sense of wit uniquely his own, satirist and popular NPR storyteller David Sedaris presents a collection of short stories and essays, wherein home surgery and an elf-abusing Santa prevail.
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In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe, and no cow is sacred. With the legendary essayist's signature biting wit, this collection skewers family dysfunction, awkward childhood memories, and the absurdities of modern life.
A do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery. A man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world. A teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral. A bitter Santa abuses the elves.
With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as humour, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behaviour.
Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything can happen.
"If you're looking for some comic relief, look no further than David Sedaris." βNPR
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ISBN: 9780316779425
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 June 1995
Country: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 227g
Pages: 196
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