Dress your family in corduroy and denim

This was my first and so far favorite book by the author! Also, one of the books i just could not put down and managed to finish in record time!

I don't think that you can do better where comedic writing is concerned. Dave Barry is pretty close if not equal, but its different. And there is no way to touch an comedian that reads his own stuff, so you get all the funny that's there.

Listening to David Sedaris read his own work gives me side stitches. The droll delivery, the deadpan self-effacing commentary, it all works for the laugh. Even when the stories are a bit of a letdown, listening to him tell it really helps.

The scene where he and his mother are trying to emulate a wealthy woman's supermarket remark, "My house, well, one of my houses" was delivered impeccably, with Sedaris doing the iterations of his mother, himself, and the woman so convincingly I almost didn't realize how difficult that must've been to pull off well. Next up, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" on audio.