The Santaland Diaries

The Santaland Diaries

by David Sedaris (Author)

Synopsis

"SantaLand Diaries" collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back seat of a police car. It should be read with your eyes, felt with your heart, and heard only when spoken to. It should, in short, behave much like a book. And oh, what a book it is! "Acidly camp, bitchily kitsch and slickly satirical packages of out-there humour...very funny" - "Sunday Times".

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 14 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 057540261X
ISBN 13: 9780575402614
Book Overview: Promoted alongside our other Christmas books in a special presenter Sedaris is rapidly becoming a cult author and all his books sell extremely well in paperback Praise for SantaLand Diaries: 'Acidly camp, bitchily kitsch and slickly satirical packages of out-there humour ... very funny' Sunday Times The full, unexpurgated text of 'SantaLand Diaries' are quite possibly the 141 funniest pages of text published in the last quarter-century ... Sedaris slays me' Seattle Weekly 'Feeling cynical about Christmas? Then settle down by the fire with this wonderfully sarcastic collection ... the mounting sense of lunacy is delicious' Max Davidson, Saturday Telegraph

Media Reviews
'a writer whose sentences are shaped for comic timing and to be heard as much as read. He focuses on the small details, piling themnm up neatily in his dry, clever way, building tension'. The Herald 'One of the wittiest books I've read this year... Santaland diaries is another Sedaris triumph. From describing the worst examples of greed and selfishness at a time traditionally given over to kindness, to shattering glittery Christmas myths, he has managed to keep his splendid sense of humour about it all, thus saving SANTALAND DIARIES from becoming too much like an offering from Scrooge .' Independent
Author Bio
David Sedaris is a playwright, radio commentator, contributor to Esquire and apartment cleaner.