![]() ![]() And so the stories continue one by one making you laugh and every now and again he slips in a potent serious message. ![]() You cannot help but laugh as the story unwinds and young David gets the best of the teacher in the end. The title is taken from the first story where David, as a 3rd grader, goes to a speech therapist. True to his other novels, this is a compendium of stories. Whether describing the Easter bunny to puzzled classmates or watching a group of men play soccer with a cow, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other to every unforgettable encounter.Ī constant set of chuckles and a few gotchas! Arriving a "spooky man-child" capable of communicating only through nouns, he undertakes language instruction that leads him ever deeper into cultural confusion. His move to Paris poses a number of challenges, chief among them his inability to speak the language. From budding performance artist ("The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever") to "clearly unqualified" writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris' career leads him to New York City and eventually, of all places, France. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ("There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch") and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. ![]() David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. ![]()
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