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Title: I bought all his others...
Review: ...after reading this, Sedaris' latest book. Beyond funny, he is wicked, caustic, subversive and witty. Somehow, Sedaris manages to avoid that deadly cutesy-ness that wrecks most American humor collections. His arched detachment and deadpan delivery remind me of the best moments in Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work... Unlike Eggers, and others, who clobber you with emotional pain, poignancy lies below the surface with Sedaris. He never stoops too low or wrings emotion out of a scene. Wish I could write like this...awesome books, all of them.
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