@article{859650, recid = {859650}, author = {Sedaris, David,}, title = {Theft by finding : diaries 1977-2002 /}, pages = {11 audio discs (approximately 14 hr.) :}, note = {Compact disc.}, abstract = {For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-- overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, 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. Now, Sedaris shares his private writings with the world. Theft by Finding, the first of two volumes, is the story of how a drug-abusing dropout with a weakness for the International House of Pancakes and a chronic inability to hold down a real job became one of the funniest people on the planet.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/859650}, }