Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Authors: Geoff Hamilton, Brian Jones
Published on: 2015-04-22
Page Count: 1386 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Categories: American fiction
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
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ISBN-13: 9781438140674
ISBN-10: 1438140673
... satiristDavid Sedaris (Naked; Me Talk Pretty One Day).Like Sedaris, sheis a successful commentator on NPR, andboth use humor tohighlight themomentsin life when the melodramaticcrosses overintothe absurd. As a chroniclerof workaday life ...
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