One of the most anticipated books of 2017: <i>Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review</i>, <i>New York</i>'s "Vulture", <i>The Week</i>, Bustle, BookRiot<br><br>David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making<br><br>It's no coincidence that the world's best writers tend to keep diaries. If you faithfully record your life in a journal, you're writing every day-and if you write every day, you become a better writer. David Sedaris has kept a diary for forty years. This means that if you've kept a diary for a year of your life or less, Sedaris is at least forty times better at writing than you are.<br><br>In his diaries, he's recorded everything that has captured his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and with them he has honed his self-deprecation and learned to craft his cunning, surprising sentences.<br><br>Now, for the first time, Sedaris shares his private writings with the world in <i>Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002.</i> This is the first-person account of how a drug-abusing dropout with a weakness for the International House of Pancakes and a chronic inability to hold down a real job became one of the funniest people on the planet. <br><br>Most diaries - even the diaries of great writers - are impossibly dull, because they generally write about their emotions, or their dreams, or their interior life. Sedaris's diaries are unique because they face outward. He doesn't tell us his feelings about the world, he shows us the world instead, and in so doing he shows us something deeper about himself.<br><br>Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can't fully disguise, <i>Theft By Finding </i>proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that there's no such thing as a boring day-when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, adventure waits around every corner.<br><br>
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If Sedaris isn't writing, I'm not reading.
Due to medications I could not hold an attention span long enough to read an article, let alone a book. But for the first time in 5 years I picked up a book by my absolute favorite author. I read it in a week! The diary format toom a little getting used to, but the entries seemed to get longer as the book went on, more like his short essays. Totally enjoyable and reminded me why I loved reading so much. Getting lost in Mr. Sedaris' world is a wacky adventure. I love his writing so much, I'm set up with two more of his newer novels and have his 2024 on pre order. I just started the follow up book to this one which covers diaries from I think 2003 to 2021 or so. It's called a Carnival of Snackery. Already it's so hilarious, and I recommend that one too. I'm already lost in his world and ignoring my pains. Read more
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