Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
 

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

by David Sedaris

A collection of stories and essays by humorist and NPR commentator David Sedaris based upon his own experiences and the hidden perversity that can be found in Anytown, U.S.A. Here are images and blasphemies that nice people don't dare look at--blatantly exposed and told with the clear, casual voice of intimate knowledge. Sedaris' humor is born of compassion and his tales range from the... (read more)

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Shananigans
  • Rated 4 stars

My least favorite of his, but of course, funny none the less.

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Aunt J
  • Rated 2 stars

I quit reading this after the first three stories. I think it's a matter of age. I'd have liked this a lot better if I'd read it when I was 22 or 30. Too crass for me now.

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
 

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