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Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person,' a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World,' which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.


Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.]]> 273 David Foster Wallace 0316925411 Nikki 5 2013 3.62 1999
author: David Foster Wallace
name: Nikki
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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Perhaps you want to know what Mindy thinks makes a great best friend (someone who will fill your prescription in the middle of the night), or what makes a great guy (one who is aware of all elderly people in any room at any time and acts accordingly), or what is the perfect amount of fame (so famous you can never get convicted of murder in a court of law), or how to maintain a trim figure (you will not find that information in these pages). If so, you've come to the right book, mostly!

In Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood, with several conveniently placed stopping points for you to run errands and make phone calls. Mindy Kaling really is just a Girl Next Door - not so much literally anywhere in the continental United States, but definitely if you live in India or Sri Lanka.]]> 222 Mindy Kaling 0307886263 Nikki 4 2013 3.86 2011
author: Mindy Kaling
name: Nikki
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/12/26
date added: 2013/12/26
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]]> 1044355 When You Are Engulfed in Flames confirms once again that David Sedaris is a master of mystery and suspense.

Or how about...

when set on fire, most of us either fumble for our wallets or waste valuable time feeling sorry for ourselves. David Sedaris has studied this phenomenon, and his resulting insights may very well save your life. Author of the national bestsellers Should You Be Attacked By Snakes and If You Are Surrounded by Mean Ghosts, David Sedaris, with When You Are Engulfed in Flames, is clearly at the top of his game.

Oh, all right...

David Sedaris has written yet another book of essays (his sixth). Subjects include a parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, an encounter with a dingo, and the recreational use of an external catheter. Also recounted is the buying of a human skeleton and the author's attempt to quit smoking In Tokyo.

Master of nothing, at the dead center of his game, Sedaris proves that when you play with matches, you sometimes light the whole pack on fire.
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author: David Sedaris
name: Nikki
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2013/11/23
date added: 2013/11/23
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]]> 854997 280 malcolm-gladwell 0316679070 Nikki 4 2013 3.78 2002
author: malcolm-gladwell
name: Nikki
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 2013/10/31
date added: 2013/10/31
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]]> 9630558 The hilarious New York Times bestselling literary essay collection from Sloane Crosley, the author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake and The Clasp.

Sloane Crosley, the brilliantly funny "fountain of observations" (Boston Globe), now takes readers from a bear-infested wedding in Alaska to a run-in with clowns in Portugal in a new collection of essays about the messiest and most unexpected dilemmas life has to offer.

Show me the doll --
Lost in space --
Take a stab at it --
It's always home you'll miss --
Light pollution --
If you sprinkle --
An abbreviated catalog of tongues --
Le Paris! --
Off the back of a truck]]> 288 Sloane Crosley 1594485194 Nikki 2 2013 3.54 2010
author: Sloane Crosley
name: Nikki
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2010
rating: 2
read at: 2013/04/15
date added: 2013/04/15
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]]> 340514 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man.
-back cover]]> 538 Dave Eggers 0307385906 Nikki 4 2013 4.15 2006
author: Dave Eggers
name: Nikki
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2013/02/25
date added: 2013/02/25
shelves: 2013
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