This book allows us to observed not just the nimble-mouthed elf of his previous work, but a man in his seventh decade expunging his darker secrets and contemplating mortality...
Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris\'s darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best..
This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumour joke.
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.
Sedaris\'s writing has never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled.
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.
With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality.
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.
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.
You\'d be wrong.
The brilliance of David Sedaris\'s writing is that his very essence, his aura, seeps through the pages of his books like an intoxicating cloud, mesmerising us so that his logic becomes ours\' Alan Cumming, Scotsman 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.
This book allows us to observed not just the nimble-mouthed elf of his previous work, but a man in his seventh decade expunging his darker secrets and contemplating mortality..
