Me Talk Pretty One Day

Author: Sedaris, DavidBrand: Little, Brown and CompanyColor: GreenEdition: First EditionFeatures: Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris Binding: HardcoverFormat: Bargain PriceNumber Of Pages: 288Release Date: 01-06-2000Part Number: 9780316777728Details: A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors. Sedaris is an amazing reader whose appearances draw hundreds, and his performancesincluding a jaw-dropping impression of Billie Holiday singing I wish I