Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives, a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.

©2004 David Sedaris (P)2004 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

• Audie Award Winner, Humor and Short Stories/Collections, 2005

"In his latest collection, Sedaris has found his heart. This is not to suggest that the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and other best-selling books has lost his edge. The 27 essays here include his best and funniest writing yet....What emerges is the deepest kind of humor, the human comedy." (Publishers Weekly)
"Sedaris is a careful writer, with a no-muss, no-fuss style that rarely misfires." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Sedaris' piquant essays are as meticulously honed and precisely timed as the best stand-up comic routines, which is, of course, what they are....Sedaris, openly gay, nervy as a tightrope walker, sharply hilarious, teasingly misanthropic yet genuinely compassionate, has a unique ability to supply exactly the right details to bring every funny, awkward, ludicrous, painful, horrible real-life moment into harrowingly crisp focus....He is mesmerizing." (Booklist)
"Sedaris has a satirical brazenness that holds up next to Mark Twain and Nathanael West." (The New Yorker)

A must read for Sedaris fans

If you are a fan of David Sedaris' works, you will do like I did and listen to this in one sitting (or in extended sessions on the treadmill at the gym). His wit and humor speaks to anyone with a family who doesn't match the stereotype of June & Ward Cleaver, especially if you are from the south. Listening to the audio version by Sedaris himself makes this all the more worthwhile. My only regret is that it's not longer, and Audible doesn't carry more of his works. This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.

Poetic, dry humor and outstanding delivery

I have read most of Sedaris' writing, and this book is my favorite so far. If you enjoy humorous and poetic stories about family, love, death, and adolescence, you will love this book. I listened to it for hours every day and even listened to a couple of chapters multiple times. Sedaris' narration is near perfection. His dry humor and timely delivery make for pure listening pleasure.

Very entertaining

I enjoy the wonderful, funny, honest tales told by this author. His family is the substance of the plot and proof that ordinary people are absurd, hilarious, and related to us.

Laughing Out Loud in the Car

I can't wait to laugh when I start to listen.
I am always sad when it's the end.

Loved it!

David Sedaris’ sense of humor is always uplifting to me. I especially love his reflections about his family; the way he describes complicated relationships with his father and sister, his adoration for his mother, the way he examines his own behavior with grace and humility. This book, as well as his others, effectively imparted empathy and humor. His performance, authentic. It was a pleasure to listen to.

IGNORE THE BAD COMMENTS

As somebody who has listened to every Sedaris book, most of the people who write these comments have a problem with the style of writing rather than the quality. This is a class book, top tier worth listening to.

Art resembles life

Written in a confidential manner. It's like an old girlfriend retelling the antics of your shared childhoods, meandering into teenage years and then to something that people might think was adulthood. Itwas so good!

very entertaining

I love the way he tells the story and makes it humorous but never really tells a joke

Laugh out loud funny!

Best comical writing & narration. I spit out my beverage while surprisingly hilarious storyline took a turn.

Sedaris is the gay Mark Twain.

He finds what is funny and what is sad about life right now. He reads the book himself and his delivery doubles the experience as compared to the printed version.

He's got the strangest life and family and I recognize a little of my own life and feelings in his stories.

The best thing I can say about this book is that I laughed until I ruptured something.
If you haven't discovered David Sedaris yet, do yourself a favor and get this book and every other book of his you can get your hands on.