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)

Funny if you're the right person

Personally, I really liked this book and it was even better because it was read by the author. It made me laugh out loud, but I feel like one would need to have the right sense of humor to find it funny. The author has a dry sense of humor and it comes through in this book. I feel like most people can see themselves somewhere amongst this dysfunctional life.

Sedaris never disappoints!

Probably my favorite modern author, David Sedaris is, as always, witty, dry, and engaging. Not maybe as good as "When You Are Engulfed in Flames," which I thought was roll-on-the-floor-funny, this was still a great listen. Highly recommend.

Typical Sedaris

I finally finished listening to this audiobook last night. I've been trying to ration myself to
one essay a night to make it last longer...but I splurged last night and listened to the last
three. I think Sedaris is hilarious and poignant at the same time. While listening to
these stories, I'd find myself laughing so hard my sides hurt, and then having to wipe the
tears from my eyes a few minutes later.

I think this is a slightly kinder, gentler Sedaris than the one who wrote The SantaLand
Diaries, but he's still just as sharply observant and critical of human nature (and of himself
and his family) as he's always been. Sedaris's mother and father (Sharon and Lou), all his
sisters (Gretchen, Lisa, Tiffany and Amy) and his brother Paul make appearances. He
picks them apart unmercifully (especially poor Paul, poster child for rednecks), but still
manages to convey his love for them.

This is the first time I've "read" Sedaris as an audiobook, and I'm now convinced that that's
the *only* way to read him.

I'm Obsessed

What else can I say? This is my 5th Sedaris audiobook and I loved this as much as I loved the others. His dry humor just kills me and I'm pretty sure I have a hernia from catching all of his subtle jokes. He's so good at making you work for it, yet never having to strain for it. And then every once in awhile he finds a way to tuck in the all too real melancholy parts of life. Simply put, David's a master at everyday observation and I'm just so grateful I live in a world where I can so easily listen to all of the ones he wishes to share.

Love it!

Nobody reads David like David! His impersonations of his family are hilarious. I love his "YAWW"! I have listened to all of David's books several times over the years they still keep me in stitches.

Entertaining!

This book, content and narration, actually made me laugh out loud at several different points!

Slow until the funniest 2 chapters I've ever heard

What made the experience of listening to Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim the most enjoyable?

It took a while for the story to grab me, and for the first 6 or 7 chapters I found myself wondering why I was still going through this. (I figured,

What about David Sedaris’s performance did you like?

He's so clever and satirical.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Chapters 14 and 15---It's basically pure Sedaris humor. It had me laughing so hard I was even in tears!

love David Sedaris

he can really suck you in to a story. Because he is the writer the stories are that much more personal.

funny, funny, funny

entertaining as always. really enjoy David Sedaris's stories. Like all his books creative, funny and treasured.

Laugh out loud funny!

This was my first Sedaris book and I don't know what took me so long to give his books a try. Theses short vinettes are quirky, intimate and hysterically funny at points. Well worth the time spent, I will absolutely pick up more of his books!