{"product_id":"the-best-of-me-hardcover","title":"The Best of Me - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Sedaris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Genius... It is miraculous to read these pieces... You must read \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Andrew Sean Greer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CNN and \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler's lap. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say \"give it to me\" in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut if all you expect to find in Sedaris's work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery, more fellow-feeling than derision. Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. In these pages, Sedaris explores falling in love and staying together, recognizing his own aging not in the mirror but in the faces of his siblings, losing one parent and coming to terms--at long last--with the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest of Me \u003c\/i\u003ereveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected--it's often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder--but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of joy, generosity, and the incisive humor that has led David Sedaris to be called \"the funniest man alive\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Me \u003c\/i\u003espans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Sedaris is the author of eleven previous books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCalypso\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheft by Finding. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 10.1 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52517022597427,"sku":"9780316628501","price":61.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ciswc3UzWUlETyt5Wkg1c2hkR09Vdz09.webp?v=1760439429","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-best-of-me-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}