num_pages: 272
description: Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces, including 'Me Talk Pretty One Day', about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that 'every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section'. His family is another inspiration. 'You Can't Kill the Rooster' is a portrait of his brother, who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food and cashiers with six-inch fingernails.
language: English
title: Me Talk Pretty One Day
titlecomplete: Me Talk Pretty One Day
characters: David Sedaris
genres: Audiobook, Essays, Short Stories, Biography, Comedy, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Memoir, Humor, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 688974
places: New York City, New York, Paris, Raleigh, North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Humor, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Humor, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Thurber Prize
category: American Humor
publisher: Little, Brown and Company