Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris see larger photo List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $15.72 Released 01 June, 2004 Hardcover Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

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Not great, but better than most.
4/5 Stars
I thought long and hard about how to rate this book. To me, it wasn't as great as 'Me Talk Pretty', but it's still pretty funny. He's about the only author that can make me almost lose it and fall out of the chair laughing, and this book had a couple of those moments as well lots of moments of general laughter.

This is a collection of essays, and I agree with other reviewers that it doesn't 'flow' as well as it could. Sedaris is clearly at his peak when writing about his dysfunctional family. While some of his France stories are charming, people expect humor from Sedaris now, and you can tell he's trying to hard to deliver it sometimes even when the situation may not be all that funny. There was an excellent New York Times interview with Sedaris recently where he speaks of the pressures he is under to deliver under his newfound fame, and I think this book shows some of that. It's a bit rushed, probably because he's under enormous pressure to produce.

That said, David Sedaris is still *very* funny, and moreso than most writers out there today. This book made me laugh, and for that it gets four stars, maybe four and a half if it was allowed. If for no other reason, there are two stories about 'The Rooster' that are sure to entertain. You will be well satisfied with this book unless you follow Sedaris and are familiar with this material already, and even then you might like to have it collected in one place and to read it again.

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