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Happy-Go-Lucky

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian
By David Sedaris
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Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris delves into the author's sharp and witty reflections on life and family. With his characteristic humour, Sedaris navigates personal stories and existential questions, offering a collection filled with observations that balance between humour and poignancy. This memoir presents his latest musings on the everyday absurdities and tender moments of life.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an appreciation for witty and darkly humorous essays that offer insights into the author's life and complex family dynamics. With a sharp and observant eye, David Sedaris crafts narratives that blend hilarity with raw honesty, exploring both absurd and tender moments of human experience. Fans of personal reflection mingled with comedic flair will likely be drawn to his clever storytelling.

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Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso

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It's hard to think of a better living practitioner of hilarious honesty than David Sedaris The Times

In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.

Unquestionably the king of comic writing

HADLEY FREEMAN, Guardian

Although Sedaris is famous for being funny, he does pain heartbreakingly well

MELISSA KATSOULIS, The Times

His wickedly hilarious riffs are pyrotechnics in words

PETER CONRAD, Observer

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David Sedaris' latest work has been praised for its incisive wit and dark humour. Reviewers highlight how he masterfully navigates topics of pandemic, death, and family dynamics with trademark hilarious honesty. Sedaris maintains his acerbic humour and impeccable comic timing, capturing the absurdity of human nature in a way that is both laugh-out-loud funny and insightful.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349144689

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Abacus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 216g

Pages: 272

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Biography & Memoir David Sedaris Non-Fiction

About the Author

David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.

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