For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention --- including overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, and secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunning, surprising sentences. Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can't fully disguise, Theft By Finding proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there's no such thing as a boring day.
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