A Carnival of Snackery A Carnival of Snackery

A Carnival of Snackery

Diaries (2003-2020)

    • 4.3 • 11 Ratings
    • $15.99

Publisher Description

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: 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 observations 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.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2021
October 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown and Company
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Becca Lighthouse ,

Honest and sometimes funny

If you are a fan of David Sedaris, and have read his other books, you will like these excerpts from his journals. I am always impressed by his unique way of seeing the world and he articulates it.

The Comedy Writer The Comedy Writer
1998
The Quality of Life Report The Quality of Life Report
2017
Hissy Fit Hissy Fit
2009
She's Come Undone She's Come Undone
2011
Wise Men Wise Men
2013
Jernigan Jernigan
1991
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
2013
Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day
2009
Calypso Calypso
2018
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
2010
Naked Naked
2009
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
2004
A Very Punchable Face A Very Punchable Face
2020
Less Is Lost Less Is Lost
2022
Broken (in the best possible way) Broken (in the best possible way)
2021
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
2017
Do You Mind If I Cancel? Do You Mind If I Cancel?
2019
Our Country Friends Our Country Friends
2021