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Plot Summary of Naked
"Naked is a combination of short stories and essays. The short stories are not really my favorite - most of them are rather grim and they don't work very well. The essays, though, are about Sedaris' life, and while they also can be grim, they have energy and interest. I guess Sedaris is just one of those people whose life is stranger than fiction. Or more interesting, anyway. My favorite essay in the book is the last one - the eponymous "Naked," about Sedaris' sojourn in a nudist camp. Extremely funny."
Ivy, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast - Northeast - Midwest
Europe Yes
European country: - Greece
City? Yes
City: - New York

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog - little dialog
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