Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

I decided to read something funny this time so I read Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris.

What can I say, I love Sedaris's essays. He is so neurotic and obsessive about the littlest things that you can't help but laugh at him. In this collection of essays he writes a lot about his family growing up and presently. This is the second book of his that I have read, I seem to be reading them in backwards order since the first one I read was his most recent collection: When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

I really enjoyed reading this and it was quite refreshing to read a book that was less than 300 pages long and where every word contributed to the neurosis of the author. In many ways Sedaris comes off trying to be better than everyone else and failing miserably and he knows it. And while he may be embarrassed that he isn't what he would like the world to see him as he doesn't hesitate to let reader in on his confusing and plain weird thought process.

This book had me laughing out loud - especially the stories about his younger brother and all his red neck southern glory. I can't recommend this book, this author enough.

You can find Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim at Barnes and Noble or at your local library.