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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 sharing of cheery Christmas letters featuring infanticide, to experiences of the Gay and Famous (Charlton Heston and Elizabeth Dole, for example), to the lives of siblings named Hope, Faith, Charity and Adolph and to alcoholics and chain smokers you can laugh with.
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Sedaris' sardonic wit will already be familiar to listeners to National Public Radio's Morning Edition, but the venom he exposes in these pages proves he is more than a cuddly curmudgeon. Here he lets loose with a devastating comic ire worthy of Dorothy Parker. Demonstrating low tolerance for human foibles, his misanthropic humor is vindictive and nasty. More than once it crosses the line of good taste, but it's also extremely, relentlessly funny. The short stories in this collection dwell on themes of domestic hell and self-delusion as dysfunctional families tear each other apart and losers refuse to see how pathetic they are. The essays, some of which have in different form been heard on radio, effectively and humorously detail the seeming contemporary cultural conspiracy to destroy the individual. His "Santaland Diaries," which depicts his experiences working as an elf at Macy's during the winter holiday season, in particular is a minor classic. Benjamin Segedin
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This is the book that put David Sedaris on the map, along with the broadcast of the brilliant, hilarious 'SantaLand Diaries,' the autobiographical retelling of Sedaris' stint as an elf at Macy's that is a cornerstone of this collection of twisted stories. Many more treasures can be found here also. In 'Parade' Sedaris sets the absurd tone with a kiss-and-tell that reveals past relationships with the unlikeliest of lovers...a notorious former heavyweight champion and a Hollywood icon/NRA-spokesman among them. The satirical 'Glen's Homophobia Newsletter, Vol.3, No. 2,' a catty tirade spurred by misdirected affection, unrequited love, and paranoia, is a standout. Another is 'Season's Greeting's...' a brilliant account of the disintegration of a deliciously dysfunctional family upon the arrival of a half-Vietnamese bastard child. I could go on and on...
The inability of people to understand each other due to differences in culture, class, or education is a theme that recurs throughout these stories, as well as later stories in 'Naked' and 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'. I highly recommend all of these collections, but be forewarned - they are not for the timid.
I have read and reread 'Barrel Fever' many times over the years, and it is still fresh. What really makes this book a must-read is Sedaris' original voice and pitch-perfect delivery. Audio versions of these stories are also worth exploring. ... END
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Sedaris grabbed my attention with his radio pieces. His humor is so original I keep this book by my bed- so if I've had a hard day I can reread "The Last you'll hear from me" or " Diary of a Smoker" and laugh at the world and its quirks. Sedaris certainly has a penchant for seeing the absurdities of the world- he's sort of like both the Coen brother of print. This book proves he is one of the weirdest and funniest writers around .
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I thought "Barrel Fever" was just about the funniest book I've ever read. The story by the same name kills me just to think about it... jeeezus, I'm at work and I can't laugh out loud right now but it's impossible to shut out a couple of chuckles just thinking about that guy's writing. His use of the comma in his literature is utterly hilarious! The game "Find Mom, find Mom's cigarettes," or (and I know I'll mess this up) the Wind-Blown Reporter saying, "I bet it really hurts to lose a home like that, a nice home like yours," just lends this kind of flow to people's sentences that sounds so damn realistic and by-the-wayish that I have to start laughing again. I was at a really boring lecture in medical school and one of my friends turned to me and asked me if I had anything interesting to read-- I turned around and gave "Barrel Fever" to her, and the rest of the hour was punctuated with loud sobs and brays of poorly-restrained laughter that disturbed all the serious little pre-doctors trying to learn about crudded-up kidneys.
At the risk of sounding snotty, I'll say this book isn't for everybody-- some people will find it bizarre or even dark, pessimistic, and perverted, but who always wants vapid happy-happy joy-joy humor anyway? David Sedaris tends to make fun of pretentious people who take themselves too seriously-- angry homosexuals (Glen), over-macho heterosexuals (Brude Springsteen, Mike Tyson), sickly-sweet bitchy housewives ("Season's Greetings..."), angry women types (Dolph's sisters in "Barrel Fever", the story), self-righteous anti-smokers ("Diary of a Smoker"), literary pseudo-intellectuals ("After Malison"), and I could go on, but I'm sure you've got the idea-- if you take yourself too seriously, or if the term "not normal" connotes something undesirable or bad to you, then don't waste your time. Go read a burningly affected, beautifully written book like "Cold Mountain," by James Frazier instead.
At the risk of sounding snotty, I'll say this book isn't for everybody-- some people will find it bizarre or even dark, pessimistic, and perverted, but who always wants vapid happy-happy joy-joy humor anyway? David Sedaris tends to make fun of pretentious people who take themselves too seriously-- angry homosexuals (Glen), over-macho heterosexuals (Brude Springsteen, Mike Tyson), sickly-sweet bitchy housewives ("Season's Greetings..."), angry women types (Dolph's sisters in "Barrel Fever", the story), self-righteous anti-smokers ("Diary of a Smoker"), literary pseudo-intellectuals ("After Malison"), and I could go on, but I'm sure you've got the idea-- if you take yourself too seriously, or if the term "not normal" connotes something undesirable or bad to you, then don't waste your time. Go read a burningly affected, beautifully written book like "Cold Mountain," by James Frazier instead.
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What's Reality?
David Sedaris' "Barrel Fever" is an odd hybrid of a book: stories together with essays? But a consistent tone and narrative style soon comes across in this slim volume of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Not for the meek!
Boy, David Sedaris can write! But don't expect an uproarious read. What you'll find here is warped, stinging satire of life's underbelly, sometimes sad, sometimes shocking,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juli 2000 von H. Quinn
"Weak Stories" b/w "One Ace Essay"
I'd enjoyed David Sedaris's commentaries ("This American Life") on NPR from time to time, and friends kept telling me I'd like his writing, so I finally checked this slim... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Juni 2000 von A. Ross
"Sorry, man. I don't date other guys" (very loudly)
I don't remember why I ended up buying BARREL FEVER, but it was one of the more fortuitous discoveries I've made in the desolate wasteland of "important" modern American... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Juni 2000 von "oscar_freak"
Hilarious book
This is one of the funniest collection of essays I've ever read. It's sick too! But I laughed so hard, at times I had to put the book down just to catch my breath. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Juni 2000 von Christopher M. Adams
Rolling Laughter for Even the Most Unrollable.
I don't laugh out loud when I read very often, but this book requires hearty gaufaw. David's outlook on life will have you rolling on the floor in no time. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juni 2000 von Timothy State
Can I rate it less than one star?
Barrel Fever is a lame attempt at "cutting edge" humor. The collection consists of stories that are mostly one note ideas with little insight or compassion. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Juni 2000 von Eric H Kolsch
Funny funny funny
Barrel Fever is a pure delight and one of the few books I read again and again. It's darly humorous and wonderful. If you buy one book this summer, buy this one.
Veröffentlicht am 27. Mai 2000 von Catherine Mims
He's better on the radio
So I'm at [a bookstore] and I figure I'd pick up a quickfree read while I drank an italian soda and munched a strudel. Freeread being a few bits from DS' Barrel Fever. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Mai 2000 von D. A. Hosek
Not for the timid at heart, but brutally funny.
WARNING! This book is not for the timid or the squeemish or the easliy offended or the... HOWEVER, the humor is break-open-your-chest-laughing, wash-the-day-away funny. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. März 2000 von blankleaveblankIIIII
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