{"product_id":"a-carnival-of-snackery-diaries-2003-2020","title":"A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)","description":"There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.\n\nIf it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, David Sedaris's observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There’s a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party—lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs.\n\nThese diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it.\n\nThe entries here reflect an ever-changing background—new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can’t by the end. A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.\n\n“Sedaris is a singularly talented humorist.” —The Washington Post\n\nA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0316558796\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0316558796.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Sedaris, David\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499504967738,"sku":"DBV.0316558796.G","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0316558796-0.jpg?v=1783033394","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-carnival-of-snackery-diaries-2003-2020","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}