02891cam a2200337 4500 406282607 TxAuBib 20191013120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781549198335 1549198335 fe541c37-218c-4dab-bc6f-ffbce07b8b3e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781094032283 3802101 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sedaris, David. Calypso [Libby Audiobook] : Essays. Hachette Book Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 183MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 183MB. HTML:<p><b>David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.</b></p> <p>If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris' cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with <i>Calypso.</i> You'd be wrong.</p> <p>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. 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.</p> <p>With <i>Calypso,</i> Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. 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. Sedaris' powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. 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.</p> <p>This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. <i>Calypso</i> is simultaneously Sedaris' darkest and warmest book yet-and it just might be his very best.</p>. Humor (Nonfiction.) Nonfiction. Essays. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-12-13 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/3802101-Calypso.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fe541c37-218c-4dab-bc6f-ffbce07b8b3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/3802101-Calypso.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fe541c37-218c-4dab-bc6f-ffbce07b8b3e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)