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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
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 In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives, a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.©2004 David Sedaris (P)2004 Time Warner AudioBooks Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Funny

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Audie Award Winner, Humor and Short Stories/Collections, 2005
"In his latest collection, Sedaris has found his heart. This is not to suggest that the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and other best-selling books has lost his edge. The 27 essays here include his best and funniest writing yet....What emerges is the deepest kind of humor, the human comedy." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Sedaris is a careful writer, with a no-muss, no-fuss style that rarely misfires." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"Sedaris' piquant essays are as meticulously honed and precisely timed as the best stand-up comic routines, which is, of course, what they are....Sedaris, openly gay, nervy as a tightrope walker, sharply hilarious, teasingly misanthropic yet genuinely compassionate, has a unique ability to supply exactly the right details to bring every funny, awkward, ludicrous, painful, horrible real-life moment into harrowingly crisp focus....He is mesmerizing." ( Booklist)
"Sedaris has a satirical brazenness that holds up next to Mark Twain and Nathanael West." ( The New Yorker)

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David's impersonation of Paul is laugh out loud funny

At times hilarious at others poignant and poetic, David Sedans has a way with words and great little tales to tell.

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not sedaris best - still amazing

slightly below sedaris' best works would still be a 5/5 for most other authors. hes hindered by the high bar his other works have set. still highly enjoyable and engaging

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I took stars off because of the mouse story

Until the last chapter about the mouse. I loved this book as much as all of David Sedaris' books! Poor mouse.

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genius

I love David Sedaris and can listen to his work over and over. The stories are witty, cutting and sympathic to the human condition

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Boring and monotonous

Disappointing to say the least. Very monotone delivery of family stories that were seldom funny or interesting. Suitable for those listeners suffering from insomnia.

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