The Resource A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020), David Sedaris
A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020), David Sedaris
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- "There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observation turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party -- lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background -- new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin."--
- In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 566 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316558792
- Label
- A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020)
- Title
- A carnival of snackery
- Title remainder
- diaries (2003-2020)
- Statement of responsibility
- David Sedaris
- Subject
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- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Diary
- Humor
- Humorists, American
- 2000-2099
- Journaux intimes
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- diaries
- Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Diaries
- American humorists -- Diaries
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observation turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party -- lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background -- new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin."--
- In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit
- Assigning source
- Book jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- GCmBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sedaris, David
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David
- Humorists, American
- Humorists, American
- American humorists
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020), David Sedaris
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1268939543
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 566 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316558792
- Lccn
- 2021937182
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268939543
- Label
- A carnival of snackery : diaries (2003-2020), David Sedaris
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1268939543
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 566 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316558792
- Lccn
- 2021937182
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1268939543
Subject
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Diary
- Humor
- Humorists, American
- 2000-2099
- Journaux intimes
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- diaries
- Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Diaries
- American humorists -- Diaries
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