Overview
The long-awaited new collection of stories from David Sedaris, America's favourite humorist.
Full Product Details
Author: David Sedaris ,
David Sedaris
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Imprint: Hachette Book Group
Edition: Library Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 13.50cm
Weight: 0.068kg
ISBN: 9781549198328
ISBN 10: 1549198327
Publication Date: 29 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Chock-full of Sedaris' signature brand of laugh-out-loud humor, interlaced with moments of introspection and melancholy that will hit you like an arrow to the heart. -- Shondaland Grapples seriously with themes of family, mortality, and illness. As always, his very essence seeps through the pages like an intoxicating cloud. -- New York Times Book Review Sedaris hasn't lost his capacity for bemused observations of the people he encounters...But bad news has sharpened the author's humor, and this book is defined by a persistent, engaging bafflement over how seriously or unseriously to take life when it's increasingly filled with Trump and funerals. Sedaris at his darkest--and his best. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Sedaris shines in tales of family, loss, and a favorite turtle...[which] Sedaris' wry voice enhances. -- USA Today Sedaris' new story collection is earthy, to say the least--concerned with all the gross things that happen as we live and age but also full of wonder at his life and appreciation for his family. -- NPR The king of the humorous essay returns...Sedaris fans will find plenty of familiar delights: His misanthropic charms and wry wit are as delightful as ever, even if some of the subject matter has changed....The audiobook version of Calypso will be the perfect travel companion during road trips and getaways this spring and beyond. -- New York magazine The latest essay collection by humorist David Sedaris humorist is a meditation on aging. It's a sardonic one at that, that he narrates himself in his quintessential tongue-in-cheek fashion. It's a good thing he does because the listener gets the sense that only Sedaris could balance the witty observations alongside the heartrending sadness of life...Fans of Sedaris, who may well be in the middle of their own lives by now, will listen along, laughing, and perhaps wiping away a few tears. -- AudioFile Twenty-one essays largely about family bonds and getting older in this hilarious yet tender volume...Fans and newcomers alike will be richly rewarded by this sidesplitting collection. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author Information
David Sedaris is the author of the books Theft by Finding, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. He lives in England. David Sedaris is the author of the books Theft by Finding, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. He lives in England.
