num_pages: 352
description: A riotous collection of memoirs which explores the absurd hilarity of modern life and creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behaviour in 'A Plague of Tics' to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the company of lunatics. At this soulful and moving moment, he brushes cigarette ashes from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means. This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement and a lifelong search for identity leaving himself both under suspicion and over dressed.
language: English
title: Naked
titlecomplete: Naked
characters: David Sedaris
genres: Comedy, LGBT, Short Stories, Humor, Biography Memoir, Biography, Audiobook, Nonfiction, Memoir, Essays
ratings_count: 261976
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Randy Shilts Award
category: Gay Nonfiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Humor, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Thurber Prize
category: American Humor
publisher: Abacus