Theft by Finding a private novel only to see one of

only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home

to America's westward expansion and Japan's first confrontation with the western world

deeply moving

He has left the FBI and set up practice as a psychologist once again

Two years later

Theft by Finding a private novel only to see one ofDavid Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making. 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