Barrel Fever

InDavidSedaris'sworld,nooneissafeandnocowissacred.AmaniccrossbetweenMarkLeyner,FranLebowitzandtheNationalEnquirer,Sedaris'scollectionofstoriesandessaysisarollickingtourthroughtheAmericanZeitgeist:amanwhoislovedtoomuchfleestheheavyweightchampionoftheworld;ateenagesuicidetriedtoincitealynchmobatherfuneral;andinhisessays,DavidSedarisconsidersthehazardsofrewardsofsmoking,writingforGiantessmagazine,andlivingwithhisscrappybrotherPaul,aka'TheRooster'.Withaperfecteyeandavoiceinfusedwithasmuchempathyaswit,Sedariswritesandreadsstoriesandessaysthattargetthesoulfulridiculousnessofourbehaviour.BarrelFeverislikeablinddatewithmodernlife-andanythingcanhappen.