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Calypso
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Published:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Physical Desc:
viii, 259 pages ; 22 cm
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Description
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.
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. You'd be wrong.
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.
With Calypso, 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's 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.
This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet—and it just might be his very best.
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First edition.
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English
ISBN:
9780316524827, 9780316392389
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APA Citation (style guide)

Sedaris, D., & Sedaris, D. (2018). Calypso. First edition. New York, Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sedaris, David and David. Sedaris. 2018. Calypso. New York, Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sedaris, David and David. Sedaris, Calypso. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sedaris, David, and David Sedaris. Calypso. First edition. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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