Book 7 - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

For those of you who are familiar with David Sedaris (if you've read one of his books or heard him on This American Life), my review of his book Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim should come as no surprise. David Sedaris has a very unique voice that carries across the various mediums that he inhabits (radio, print, etc.) and that voice is as present as ever before in this book.

A collection of stories, mostly from childhood, Dress Your Family paints the picture of the Sedaris family - all the unusual aspects of the family as well as the more typical "everyone's family is nuts" characteristics. The book is pretty funny (but not my favorite), easy to digest, and at times a little over the top. These are all things I've come to expect from David Sedaris. Has this book burned itself into my memory? Nah. Has it changed the way I see the world? Not quite. But it was entertaining. I enjoyed reading it, imaging David Sedaris' voice the entire time.

If you're a Sedaris fan, give it a read. If not, there's nothing new here to woo you.

Want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth? Check out a few of these interviews of David Sedaris:

• 2004 Time Magazine Interview


• 2000 January Magazine Interview


• NPR's David Sedaris Page


• Check out David Sedaris during his 2010 Tour