Elizabeth Quinn Gray English Per. 1 David Sedaris's "most side splitting work to date" (Sarah Hepola, Austin Chronicle), Me Talk Pretty One Day is a collection of vignettes that transform somewhat mundane experiences to very entertaining stories. Sedaris, whose style has been compared to Mark Twain, and other famous ... authors and comedians, is described as having "one of the most shameless, acid, vaulting wits on planet earth" (Adam F. Kay, Boston Book Review). His over-the-top sarcasm, cynicism, and droll, trenchant humor combine to turn his either very trivial, or absolutely mortifying ex...

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