{"product_id":"9780349119434","title":"Theft by Finding","description":"Author: David Sedaris\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349119434\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Apr 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 560 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eHe's like an American Alan Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e, in that his own fastidiousness becomes the joke, as per the taxi encounter, or his diary entry about waiting interminably in a coffee-bar queue' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ereview of \u003ci\u003eAn Evening with David Sedaris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe point is to find out who you are and to be true to that person. Because so often you can't. Won't people turn away if they know the real me? you wonder. The me that hates my own child, that put my perfectly healthy dog to sleep? The me who thinks, deep down, that maybe \u003c\/i\u003eThe Wire\u003ci\u003e was overrated?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses. Anyone who has attended a live Sedaris event knows that his diary readings are often among the most joyful parts of the evening. In \u003ci\u003eTheft by Finding\u003c\/i\u003e, Sedaris brings us his favourite entries. From the family home in Raleigh, North Carolina, we follow Sedaris as he sets out to make his way in the world. As an art student and then teacher in Chicago he works at a succession of very odd jobs, meeting even odder people, before moving to New York to pursue a career as a writer - where instead he very quickly lands a job in Macy's department store as an elf in Santaland . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tender, hilarious, illuminating, and endlessly captivating,\u003ci\u003e Theft by Finding\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare look into the mind of one of our generation's greatest comic geniuses.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491600027806,"sku":"ADS-9780349119434","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349119434.jpg?v=1770594845","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349119434","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}