An edition of Barrel Fever (1994)

Barrel Fever

Stories and Essays

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An edition of Barrel Fever (1994)

Barrel Fever

Stories and Essays

First Edition (1)
  • 3.7 (7 ratings) ·
  • 13 Want to read
  • 9 Have read

In David Sedaris’ world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’ collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a bitter Santa abuses the elves; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral.

David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries”, recounting his strange-but-true experiences as an elf at Macy’s, and soon became one of the show’s most popular commentators. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is a hilarious, enormously affecting debut.
(front flap)

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Language
English
Pages
196

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Barrel Fever
2009, Little, Brown and Company
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Barrel Fever
July 6, 2006, ABACUS (LITT)
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Barrel Fever
September 29, 2004, Orion mass market paperback, Phoenix
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Barrel Fever
August 5, 2004, Time Warner AudioBooks
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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays (Barrel Fever)
June 1995, Tandem Library
Unknown Binding in English
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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
June 1, 1995, Back Bay Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Barrel Fever
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
1994, Little, Brown and Company
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Cover of: Barrel Fever
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
1994, Back Bay Books
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Table of Contents

Stories. Parade ; Music for lovers ; The last you'll hear from me ; My manuscript ; Firestone ; We get along ; Glen's homophobia newsletter vol. 3, no. 2 ; Don's story ; Season's greetings to our friends and family!!! ; Jamboree ; After Malison ; Barrel fever --
Essays. Diary of a smoker ; Giantess ; The curly kind ; SantaLand diaries.

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston, USA
Copyright Date
1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
814/.54
Library of Congress
PS3569.E314 B3 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
196p.
Number of pages
196

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26715992M
ISBN 10
0316779407
ISBN 13
9780316779401
LCCN
94007611
OCLC/WorldCat
38565150
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0316779407
Google
27eIvgEACAAJ
Goodreads
1032114

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Work Description

In David Sedaris’ world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris’ collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tries to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; a bitter Santa abuses the elves.

David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries”, recounting his strange-but-true experiences as an elf at Macy’s, and soon became one of the show’s most popular commentators. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behavior. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life, and anything can happen.
(source)

Parade --
Music for lovers --
The last you'll hear from me --
My manuscript --
Firestone --
We get along --
Glen's homophobia newsletter vol. 3, no. 2 --
Don's story --
Season's greeting to our friends and family!!! --
Jamboree --
After Malison --
Barrel fever --
Diary of a smoker --
Giantess --
The curly kind --
SantaLand diaries.

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I WAS ON "Oprah
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