First published 1200
In Naked, David Sedaris peels back the layers of his bizarre upbringing in 1970s North Carolina. From his parents' bizarre obsession with lawn ornaments to his own boozy misadventures in college, Sedaris recounts his journey from an awkward, foul-mouthed youth to an equally awkward, foul-mouthed adult. Cutting between caustic humor and tender vulnerability, Sedaris' memoir lays bare the heartache and absurdity of growing up different in a small-town world that doesn't understand him. Ultimately, Naked is a powerful meditation on the power of honesty and the triumph of the outsider.
Genres: literary-fiction, humor, autobiography, memoir
Vibes: caustic-humor, intimate, tender-vulnerability, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States, North Carolina
Period: 20th century
291 pages · Paperback · Phoenix