Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses.
David Sedaris returns with Happy-Go-Lucky, his first collection since the bestselling Calypso. Navigate pandemic chaos, family loss, and America’s contradictions through his trademark wit and precision. Essential reading for our strange times—hilarious, poignant, and utterly unexpected.
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David Sedaris, the champion storyteller who has delighted readers for decades, returns with Happy-Go-Lucky, his first collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. These pages capture a world turned upside down—and Sedaris’s singular ability to find the absurd, the touching, and the deeply human in the chaos.
Before the pandemic, life was wonderfully ordinary: shooting guns with his sister, wandering muddy Serbian flea markets, feeding gummy worms to ants, and cracking wheelchair jokes with his ninety-something father. Then everything stopped. Sedaris found himself walking miles through empty streets, vacuuming obsessively, and wondering how the world would emerge from lockdown.
What unfolds is both a chronicle of our collective moment and a deeply personal reckoning. Newly orphaned in his seventh decade, Sedaris contemplates what it means to no longer be someone’s son. He straightens his teeth (after a stranger rebuffs his offer to fix theirs) and ventures back into a battle-scarred America—one painted with contradictory graffiti: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter.
With his trademark precision and wit, Sedaris captures the misanthropy and longing for connection that define these strange times. This is essential reading for anyone navigating our “interesting times”—hilarious, poignant, and utterly unexpected. Whether you’re a longtime devotee or new to his work, Happy-Go-Lucky reminds us why Sedaris remains one of our most beloved observers of human nature.
Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses.
Sedaris's gift for exposing the absurdity and poignancy of everyday life remains as sharp as ever.
Sedaris mines the pandemic and his father's death for comedy gold... The result is a collection that's as funny as it is moving.
Sedaris's latest collection is a master class in finding humor in the darkest of times.
Sedaris has never been better... His ability to find the absurd in the mundane is unparalleled.
| Weight | 0.53 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.50 × 0.95 × 8.25 in |
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| Subject | Biography & Autobiography, Essays, Family Relationships, Form, Humor, Literary Collections, Literary Figures, Marriage & Family, Personal Memoirs, Siblings, Topic |
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