Calypso

"I always love to visit David Sedaris’ world. Some of the stories in Calypso are wonderfully absurd, like the one in which he attempts to feed his own fatty tumor to a snapping turtle. Other stories are bleak, hilarious and moving. His ruminations on his sister’s suicide, his ailing father and his mother’s alcoholism draw on a pathos we haven’t seen from Sedaris before; it’s a new depth that makes this particular collection essential."

""Calypso," by David Sedaris."