Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim by David Sedaris

Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim

by David Sedaris

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian

'His best, funniest, most satisfying book' Time Out

In Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. This book finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his powers.

'Sardonic, funny, and wry, but at the same time there is a new strain of introspection that makes for a book with more emotional resonance... A Chekhovian brand of comedy' New York Times

'Like an updated Thurber: domestic, laconic, slightly warped but never bitter, and extremely funny' Sunday Times

'A delight' Sunday Telegraph

Reviewed by Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews on

5 of 5 stars

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is my favorite book by David Sedaris. My favorite story in this book and probably all of the other books he's written is The Perfect Apartment. David and his boyfriend Hugh, who live in Paris because they can smoke anywhere without being given the evil eye need to find a new apartment as their landlord plans on giving it to his daughter one day. They become very depressed after looking at "slums" in the area and realize that nothing is better than the apartment they already have. To lift their spirits the take a weekend trip to Amsterdam and David finds the perfect apartment, the Anne Frank Annex! He goes though the secret annex as a designer remodeling as he goes. My favorite line in the short story is "Remember that wall with the movie stars on it--gone!"

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