New Releases by David Sedaris

In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are “among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist…Sedaris remains a national treasure.” —Kirkus (starred review) In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. A ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of “Countries I Have Been To,” he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest’s cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. Time takes its toll: scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn’t bear to outlive, and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn’t. It’s easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, “Enough Is Enough.” And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants. Throughout these essays—at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.

EL MÁXIMO EXPONENTE DE LA TRAGICOMEDIA AMERICANA «Un precioso antídoto contra la tristeza o el miedo. Sedaris lo merece todo.» BOB POP «Humor devastador para contar cosas tristes. Falsa frivolidad que transforma lo banal en reflexivo.» SERGI PÀMIES Después del éxito de Calypso, publicamos por fin la nueva obra de David Sedaris, maestro del humor cínico y tierno, un éxito apabullante en Estados Unidos. Un relato que empieza con la llegada de la pandemia y que luego pasa a reflexionar sobre la muerte de su padre y el significado de quedar huérfano. Tan precisa como tierna, tan misántropa como humanista, Estoy bien es la gran obra maestra de David Sedaris. Mientras la salud de su padre se extingue poco a poco, Sedaris trata de abrazar todo el absurdo que contiene la realidad. Se apunta a un campo de tiro con su hermana, hace un tour por Europa del Este en compañía de varios guías de pasado oscuro, ve cómo un huracán se lleva su casa, da un discurso de graduación en la universidad con el que nadie contaba y repiensa el amor desde todas las perspectivas posibles. Según The Guardian, el diario británico más prestigioso, «David Sedaris es el rey indiscutible de la literatura humorística». Vida, muerte, familias que hacen lo que pueden, chistes de alto riesgo, relaciones de larga duración y acupunturistas desesperados. Un libro que más que un libro es una forma de mirar el mundo, protagonizado por un hombre que atraviesa la presidencia de Trump, la pandemia y los disturbios del Black Lives Matter con una nube de melancolía lloviéndole por encima, pero procurando reír hasta que le duela.

Amazon Best Children''s Book of the Year winner for ages 6 to 8 Most Anticipated Books of 2024 List, Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Kids Books List - February, Barnes & Noble Kids Indie Next Pick March/April 2024 2025 Capitol Choices A hilariously quirky monster tale about appreciating beauty—in all its weird and wonderful forms!— by the creator of the iconic Olivia books and bestselling humorist David Sedaris. ★“Disgustingly hilarious….Adult readers will recognize hints of Maurice Sendak and William Steig and maybe even a smattering of Tim Burton in this remarkable outsider tale….Consider this little monstrosity a much-needed corrective to smarmy platitudes.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “[..] Demonstrates an appealing, Olivia-esque joie de vivre.” —The New York Times In this beautifully gross picture book, Anna Van Ogre’s lovely monster face turns into that of a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl—and it’s not switching back! Can she find a way to stop looking like an ugly human and regain her gorgeous monstrosity of a face? In this incredible story about beauty standards, owning your uniquessness, and developing self-esteem, nationally acclaimed comedian and perpetual bestelling author David Sedaris and renowned creator of the Olivia picture boook series Ian Falconer come together to ponder the eternally relevant question: is true beauty really on the inside? Sedaris and Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—stuck with a human face!

David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller,” (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine. As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter. In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have masu00adtered it. If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leapu00ading to his death. There’s a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party—lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmu00adless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background—new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can’t by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.

“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing. Now, for the first time collected in one volume, the author brings us his funniest and most memorable work. In these stories, Sedaris shops for rare taxidermy, hitchhikes with a lady quadriplegic, and spits a lozenge into a fellow traveler’s lap. He drowns a mouse in a bucket, struggles to say “give it to me” in five languages, and hand-feeds a carnivorous bird. But 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, more fellow-feeling than derision. Nowhere is this clearer than in his writing about his loved ones. In these pages, 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. Taken together, the stories in TheBest of Me reveal the wonder and delight Sedaris takes in the surprises life brings him. No experience, he sees, is quite as he expected—it’s often harder, more fraught, and certainly weirder—but sometimes it is also much richer and more wonderful. Full of joy, generosity, and the incisive humor that has led David Sedaris to be called “the funniest man alive” (Time Out New York), The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing—quite often at himself—and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you''ve ever laughed your way through David Sedaris''s cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you''re getting with Calypso. You''d be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it''s impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it''s a book that can make you laugh ''til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris''s powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris''s darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.

A remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images selected from the diaries David Sedaris has been creating for four decades In this richly illustrated book, readers will for the first time experience the diaries David Sedaris has kept for nearly 40 years in the elaborate, three-dimensional, collaged style of the originals. A celebration of the unexpected in the everyday, the beautiful and the grotesque, this visual compendium offers unique insight into the author''s view of the world and stands as a striking and collectible volume in itself. Compiled and edited by Sedaris''s longtime friend Jeffrey Jenkins, and including interactive components, postcards, and never-before-seen photos and artwork, this is a necessary addition to any Sedaris collection, and will enthrall the author''s fans for many years to come.

»Wer anderer Leute Tagebücher liest, der bekommt, was er verdient.« David Sedaris In Wer's findet, dem gehört's gewährt Sedaris der Welt zum ersten Mal Einblick in seine privaten Aufzeichnungen - eine persönliche Erzählung davon, wie ein drogensüchtiger Schulabbrecher mit dem Talent, jeden Job zu verlieren, zu einem der lustigsten Menschen auf dem Planeten wurde. Die meisten Tagebücher - sogar die großer Schriftsteller - sind unvorstellbar dröge, weil sie von Gefühlen, Träumen, dem Innenleben handeln. Sedaris' Tagebücher sind einzigartig, weil sie sich nach außen wenden. Er erklärt uns nicht, wie sich die Welt für ihn anfühlt, er zeigt uns die Welt, und damit auch, was ihn wirklich ausmacht. Wer's findet, dem gehört's belegt, dass Sedaris - mit seinem scharfen Blick und offenen Ohr für das Bizarre, das Schöne und das Unbequeme und mit seiner Großherzigkeit, die nicht einmal sein misanthropischer Sinn für Humor ganz verbergen kann - zu einem unserer besten Beobachter gehört.

One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York''s "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee David 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 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. Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can''t fully disguise, Theft By Finding proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It''s a potent reminder that when you''re as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there''s no such thing as a boring day.

En la línea de Un vestido de domingo, vuelve David Sedaris más divertido que nunca David Sedaris tiene la extraordinaria habilidad de transformar las pequeñas miserias de la vida cotidiana en situaciones desternillantes y delirantes. En este nuevo libro de relatos autobiográficos, se supera a sí mismo para llevar su ironía marca de la casa a niveles insospechados de comicidad. Así, nos habla de los posibles usos recreativos que brinda un instrumento tan sofisticado como un catéter, de cómo se puede conseguir un esqueleto humano, de un fascinante gusano parásito que vivió durante un tiempo en la pierna de su suegra o de un peculiar método para dejar de fumar viajando a Tokio. Sedaris deja claro que jugar con cerillas puede provocar un incendio devastador y que él mismo, siguiendo la estela de Groucho Marx y Woody Allen, es el más talentoso de los jugadores. Como siempre, esta nueva obra maestra de la literatura cómica, repleta de una sátira mordaz y salvaje de la clase media estadounidense, consigue restituir a la perfección la dimensión cotidiana de lo absurdo y -como por arte de magia- hacer reír al más triste. La crítica ha dicho... «Sedaris es un escritor brillante; si quieren pasar un buen rato, reír a carcajada limpia, léanlo.» El País «El humor es inteligente por definición y Sedaris atesora mucho en sus textos.» Pedro Galiano, El ojo crítico «Sedaris es la Elvira Lindo de los estadounidenses [...] un personaje digno de una aguda sitcom al estilo de Frasier [...] el hermano gemelo de Woody Allen.» María José Furió, La Vanguardia «La principal virtud de Sedaris es que ha sabido enlazar la tradición norteamericana del ensayo breve humorístico con el discurso autoirónico y contrariado de los artistas del monólogo.» Jordi Puntí, El País «Sí, es cierto: el humor siempre ha estado ahí, tronchándose en las páginas dislocadas de David Sedaris.» David Morán, ABC «Lo que trasciende del trabajo de Sedaris es su humanidad: adora a algunas personas verdaderamente espantosas, pero sabe presentarlos llenos de dignidad e incluso de gracia... es el mejor.» Judith Newman, People «El escritor norteamericano más agudo desde Dorothy Parker.» New York Magazine «Un observador burlón de lo surrealista. Su relato sobre el intento de dejar de fumar en Tokio es una obra maestra.» Times «Un humor refinado, una puesta en escena impecable y una progresiva fascinación por la humanidad y la moral.» The Guardian «Incluso la experiencia más mundana es descrita a través del particular prisma de su sensibilidad.» The New York Times «¡Es un hombre divertido, muy divertido!» The New York Observer «El rey del absurdo más mordaz triunfa con esta colección de relatos.» Publisher Weekly

Un tizio entra in un vagone ristorante - Da qui la storia può continuare in mille modi diversi. Il tizio entra nel vagone ristorante e incontra l'amore della sua vita. Oppure, il tizio entra nel vagone ristorante e lo trova completamente vuoto. Quando il tizio è David Sedaris le possibilità diventano infinite, ma il risultato sempre lo stesso: vi farà spanciare dalle risate e vi lascerà con un fastidioso groppo in gola e gli occhi vergognosamente lucidi. Sedaris racconta della divisa di suo padre per la cena (mutande e maniche di camicia), della prima colonscopia della sua vita (straordinariamente piacevole), e di quando considerò molto seriamente l'eventualità di acquistare lo scheletro di un pigmeo assassinato. Il filo rosso? La sua magistrale abilità nel trasformare qualsiasi tema in una storia d'amore: come ci si sente a stare in una relazione dove si ama e si è amati anche dopo molti anni? Cosa significa essere parte di una famiglia? E, soprattutto, com'è possibile, nonostante tutte le assurdità della vita, imparare ad amare se stessi? Con Esploriamo il diabete con i gufi David Sedaris dimostra ancora una volta perché l'intero suo lavoro di scrittore è stato definito dalle più autorevoli firme d'America "esilarante, raffinato, e incredibilmente emozionante".

In sechzehn autobiographischen Geschichten liefert der Star des schrägen Humors die ganze Palette zwischen Größenwahn und Menschenliebe, multipler Schizophrenie und tragikomischer Alltagssatire.

Der ganz normale Wahnsinn Wer behaupten wollte, David Sedaris schreibe und veröffentliche Tagebücher, um seinen Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen, müsste Michelangelo einen Anstreicher nennen. Niemand versteht es besser als Sedaris, Erlebtes in Lesbares zu verwandeln – seit seinem Debüt mit »Nackt« lässt er seine weltumspannende Fangemeinde daran teilhaben, wie er die schmerzlichste Erinnerung in subtile Komik und die banalste Begebenheit in zeitlose Weisheit kleidet. Er ist sein eigener Inquisitor und Hofnarr zugleich – „der herausragende Vertreter des Mein-Leben-als-David-Sedaris-Genres“ (BRIGITTE). In seinem neuesten Band mit absurden Alltagsgeschichten entführt uns Sedaris unter anderem in den australischen Busch, wo allerlei Getier verborgene Ängste und längst verdrängte Erfahrungen in ihm aufleben lässt; er erzählt von einer durchzechten Nacht mit wildfremden Alkoholikern im Zug von Chicago nach New York, weiht uns ein in die Geheimnisse der französischen Kieferchirurgie und in die Abgründe des britischen Handwerkertums, verrät uns und seinem präpotenten Patenkind, wie Tagebuchschreiben funktioniert und wozu es gut ist, und lehrt uns, Eulen zu verstehen. Es gibt kaum ein besseres Mittel gegen schlechte Laune als die Komik von David Sedaris – in 26 Geschichten und einem Gedicht macht er voller Scharfsinn aus den kleinen und großen Dramen des Lebens einen guten Witz.

A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father''s dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. With Let''s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" (Washington Post).

La hilarante historia real de un joven que llega a Nueva York con grandes sueños, y consigue un trabajo de Elfo en uno de los grandes almacenes más emblemáticos de Estados Unidos. «Llegué a Nueva York hace solo tres semanas provisto de grandes esperanzas, esperanzas que han sufrido un duro revés. En mi mente yo iba directo desde Penn Station hasta las oficinas de One Life to Live, donde soltaba el equipaje y me aseaba un poco antes de salir a tomar una copa con Cord Roberts y Victoria Buchannon, las grandes estrellas del programa. Nos sentábamos en una butaca afelpada de una elegante coctelería, donde mis nuevos y célebres amigos levantaban los helados vasos en dirección hacia mí, diciendo: -Un brindis por David Sedaris, el mejor guionista que esta serie ha tenido en toda su historia. [...] La realidad es que acabo de solicitar un empleo de elfo. Pero lo peor no es solicitarlo, sino la posibilidad, absolutamente real, de no conseguirlo; de que ni siquiera pueda acceder a un puesto de elfo. Es entonces cuando tienes claro que tu vida es un fracaso absoluto.» David Sedaris Los lectores han dicho... «Las aventuras de un personaje que para ganar unos dineros, acepta ser el elfo de unos grandes almacenes. Las risas están aseguradas.» «Un título ideal para descubrir la narrativa de David Sedaris. Totalmente recomendable.»

David Sedaris mette alla berlina i mille comportamenti, ora miserabili, ora assurdi, ora puramente stupidi che fanno parte del desolante (e irresistibile) panorama delle relazioni personali di oggi. Diete, ossessioni, fobie, animali che litigano e che si adorano, amicizie che si rompono, rapporti familiari pieni di problemi e guai.

Quest'ultima raccolta di racconti di David Sedaris ci fa scoprire le frontiere della landa desolata e bizzarra che è la contemporaneità, di uomini e oggetti così vicini e al contempo così strani. Ma il nucleo attorno al quale è organizzato il libro è il viaggio di David a Tokyo con l'obiettivo di smettere di fumare.

Featuring David Sedaris''s unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members. With original illustrations by Ian Falconer, author of the bestselling Olivia series of children''s books, these stories are David Sedaris at his most observant, poignant, and surprising.

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Herinneringen van een Amerikaanse schrijver aan zijn bizarre, maar innemende familie en over zijn verblijf in Parijs waar hij hilarische pogingen doet om de Franse taal machtig te worden.

This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation. Sedaris''s move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration—"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris is one of America''s best-loved authors, and his biting essays on living in Paris are some of the funniest he''s ever written. (At last, someone even meaner than the French!) The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humour that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had a love child. “If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further than David Sedaris.” ―NPR

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris! In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview-a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son''s nervous tics to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion; a family gathers for a wedding in the face of imminent death. Through it all is Sedaris''s unmistakably hilarious voice—without doubt one of the freshest in American writing. “If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further than David Sedaris.” ―NPR

David Sedaris''s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy''s elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris''s tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); what to do when you''ve been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow"); the puzzling Christmas traditions of other nations ("Six to Eight Black Men"); what Halloween at the medical examiner''s looks like ("The Monster Mash"); and a barnyard secret Santa scheme gone awry ("Cow and Turkey"). No matter what your favorite holiday, you won''t want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called "one of the funniest writers alive" (Economist).

"David Sedaris''s ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris''s sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times). Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames: "Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." --Kirkus Reviews This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he''s also getting better....Sedaris''s best stuff will still--after all this time--move, surprise, and entertain." --Booklist Table of Contents: It''s Catching Keeping Up The Understudy This Old House Buddy, Can You Spare a Tie? Road Trips What I Learned That''s Amore The Monster Mash In the Waiting Room Solutions to Saturday''s Puzzle Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool Memento Mori All the Beauty You Will Ever Need Town and Country Aerial The Man in the Hut Of Mice and Men April in Paris Crybaby Old Faithful The Smoking Section

A collection of personal essays whch lift the corner of everyday life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface.