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Trying to make coffee when the water is
shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers
and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside
to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a
mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay,
Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life - having
a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger
on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect
the house from neurotic songbirds - to the most deeply resonant
human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture
to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay
collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a
writer worth treasuring".
Event Info:
Tickets are required for brief lecture portion of event. Tickets
are FREE with purchase of David's new book from Barbara's
Bookstore UIC. Seats are limited for lecture and are awarded
on a first come, first served basis starting June 3, at Barbara's
UIC. Two tickets per customer limit. NO TELEPHONE RESERVATIONS
ACCEPTED.
Book signing to follow lecture, open to public. Purchase of
any David Sedaris title from Barbara's Bookstore UIC required
for admittance. NO CAMERAS ALLOWED.
Barbara's Bookstore reserves
the right to deny and/or refuse admittance to event and makes
no guarantee that all customers will receive autograph.
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