Theft by Finding
“Only David Sedaris should narrate books by David Sedaris. He’s simply wonderful…These diary entries are well worth hearing, including an entire entry of ‘uh’s.’ Even his unfinished ramblings are well crafted, and Sedaris is truly a delight to hear…with his inimitable sweetly sarcastic delivery…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Boston Globe Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2017
A New York Times Bestseller
Kirkus Reviews Pick for Summer Reading
Libro.fm Audio Bestseller
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
An NPR Pick for 2017
An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year for 2017
A BookPage Best Book of 2017
A Booklist Pick of the Top 10 Biographies on Audio
An NPR Best Book of 2017
An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017
A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.
For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunning, surprising sentences.
Now, Sedaris shares his private writings with the world. Theft by Finding, the first of two volumes, is the story of how a drug-abusing dropout with a weakness for the International House of Pancakes and a chronic inability to hold down a real job became one of the funniest people on the planet.
Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can't fully disguise, Theft By Finding proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there's no such thing as a boring day.
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