LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed By David Sedaris With Original Gun Drawing

Sedaris, David

ISBN 10: 0316154695 / ISBN 13: 9780316154697

Published by New York City, NY: Little Brown & Company, 2013, 2013

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 280 pages. Published in 2013. The author's eighth collection of essays. One of David Sedaris' finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents David Sedaris' "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls". His signature form, the scathing yet somehow tender "humor" essay, where the laughs are on David and also on you, as the author gradually loses his patience with America's - and humanity's - casual cruelty. "Draws on a bottomless well of appalling childhood memories revolving around his fears about being not like other boys. There's a stinging account of a swimming competition during which his own father vociferously champions his son's rival; a candid tale of his courtship of a shy African-American girl; and an unnerving confession of his inept handling of captured baby sea turtles. An acute observer and Master of the quick, excoriating takedown, Sedaris claims new territory in this exceptionally gutsy collection, creating dark monologues in other voices such as an alarming rant by a Christian Fascist. Casts penetrating light on a world of cruelty, inanity, and absurdity" (Donna Seaman). An absolute "must-have" title for David Sedaris collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: "To Sam + Steph, David Sedaris". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The couple-recipients, who are named, obtained the signature in person. But that is NOT what makes this signed copy special: Because he also drew a large, menacing gun (instead of the owl he often drew on copies of this book), and in lieu of a written inscription. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy (with original gun-drawing) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws (because they were read) or are in subsequent printings, even if signed in both instances. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID SEDARIS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0316154695.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed By David Sedaris With Original Gun Drawing
• Publisher: New York City, NY: Little Brown & Company, 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316154695
• ISBN 13: 9780316154697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

A guy walks into a bar car and...

From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved.

Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy.

With Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" (Washington Post).

About the Author

David Sedaris is the author of the books Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked,and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio International's This American Life. He lives in England.