num_pages: 196
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 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)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.
language: English
title: Barrel Fever
titlecomplete: Barrel Fever
genres: Essays, Comedy, Nonfiction, LGBT, Humor, Short Stories, Queer, Memoir, Audiobook, Biography
ratings_count: 54569
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Humor
publisher: Little, Brown and Company