David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.
So often Sedaris's phrasing is beautiful in its piquancy and
minimalism...His life is extraordinary in so many ways - the drug
addiction, the eccentric family, the crazy jobs, the fame, the
globetrotting - but one of the more unlikely achievements here is
in making it all seem quite ordinary. Ultimately, his masterstroke
is in acting as a bystander in his own story
*Guardian*
He makes me laugh so much. In an era when US satire is outpacing
our own he's a sharp, humane and hilarious voice that never fails
to make you smile - and sometimes weep. Apparently effortless
humour is difficult, and precious. He's the real thing
*Radio Times*
A deadpan, darkly comical portrait of the American underbelly . . .
Sedaris shares something of [Alan] Bennett's detached curiosity,
and they both have a thirst for amusement
*Mail on Sunday*
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