In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler’s lap. Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. And it is almost impossible to listen without laughing. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook.Ī New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceĪ CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Monthįor more than 25 years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. ” (Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review )ĭavid Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career - as selected and read by the author himself. Here, Sedaris explores falling in love and staying together, recognizing his own aging not in the mirror but in the faces of his siblings, losing one parent and coming to terms-at long last-with the other.“Genius.

Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say “give it to me” in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird.īut if all you expect to find in Sedaris's work is the deft and sharply observed comedy for which he became renowned, you may be surprised to discover that his words bring more warmth than mockery. In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler's lap.

And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space.

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