Calypso

He somehow managed to talk about deaths of his loved ones without making me cry and talk about feeding a tumor to a turtle without making me laugh. I really wanted to like this book, but the man has a boring life and his observations are cutesy and uninspired.

I’ve enjoyed the occasional Sedaris essay, both in print and audio. An entire book of his stuff shows him to be self-centered, mean-spirited, and whinging. The world does indeed revolve around him, doesn’t it? And what a world he inhabits - made up of bodily fluids ( and solids!), mean spirited siblings, annoying fans and smirking self congratulatory laughter at the expense of others. His callous dismissal of his dead sister and his use of her painful life and eventual suicide is unforgivable and not in the least a source of humor. Truly a “humorist”’for our troubled times.

I have loved Sedaris' writing for years, but this book is so marginally amusing and tired that he seems tapped out. He was funnier when he faced some challenges in life -- now he is clearly just a guy who is wealthy enough to buy a house on a whim and spend shopping and time picking trash off the road. The section in this book about feeding a tumor to snapping turtles was not funny and a little nauseating, not to mention inexplicable.I imagined him thinking, this will let me manufacture an implausible weird story for all my readers who still think I'm endearingly quirky. I won't be buying the next one. Too bad he has lost his edge.

I thought this book was so funny and down to earth real. The stories were hilarious, but serious at times. Sedaris was wonderful..... dry, funny, descriptive and kept you wanting to know more. I listened to this book twice in just a few days... that good! A nice bunch of characters/people!