Theft by finding : Diaries (1977-2002)

ISBN: 9780316501293
ISBN: 0316501298
ISBN: 9780316308519
ISBN: 031630851X
ISBN: 9780316154727
ISBN: 0316154725
Physical Description: remote 1 online resource.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Summary: 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 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