Barrel Fever - Kirjakasa

Paperback, 196 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 1994 by Back Bay Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-77942-5
OCLC Number:: 625123586

(1 review)

In David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’s collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves.

David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries”, recounting his strange-but-true experiences as an elf at Macy’s, and soon became one of the show’s most popular commentators. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything …

In David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’s collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves.

David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries”, recounting his strange-but-true experiences as an elf at Macy’s, and soon became one of the show’s most popular commentators. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything can happen. (back cover)

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Review of 'Barrel Fever' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Let's look at pros and cons. Pro: Read by David and Amy Sedaris. Con: Not the best work of David Sedaris. Con: Highly abridged. Result: 2 stars.

The audio book container is marked "Barrel Fever:Stories and Essays" and also "Barrel Fever and Other Stories". It is also marked "Complete and Unabridged", though it clearly is incomplete and very much abridged, delivered on only 3 CDs. Among the missing are SantaLand Diaries and The Curly Kind, along with roughly half the stories. Finished in one trip to the airport and two commutes.

Subjects

Fiction anthologies & collections
Humorous
Fiction
Humor
Form - Essays
Humor / Essays