The Best of Me

hardcover, 400 pages

Published Nov. 3, 2020 by Little, Brown and Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-62824-2
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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 …

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It’s more of a ‘best of’ compilation spanning across the author’s life and career. Good for if you’re already familiar with his work and want to revisit the bangers, but on its own I wouldn’t recommend it for someone new, as it might come off as confusing. Better to start with one of his original publications and move from there.

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