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Calypso
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David Sedaris
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By:
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David Sedaris
About this listen
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018
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 writing has 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 tumour joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best.
Critic Reviews
"Unquestionably the king of comic writing...Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there." (Hadley Freeman, Guardian)
“In Calypso, David Sedaris’s essays marry meditations on family, suicide, grief and mortality with the hazards of bodily functions and frequent travel for his massively popular public readings. Sedaris is as much standup comic as writer, making this a great audio and one for the car journey.” (Aminatta Forna)
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- Vikki
- 01-10-2018
What’s not to like ?
I must be one of those bias people. I really enjoy David’s writing and narrating. I don’t think anyone else could read his stories. As l was listing to this book I had to stop walking as I laughing to myself and thought I would pee my pants. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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- Anonymous User
- 27-06-2018
I loved this so much
Brilliant, touching and hilarious. The authors narration was perfection. I can't wait to listen again.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-2019
Perfect!
I loved everything about this book. I could listen to David Sedaris for days ...
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- RCF
- 16-06-2018
Total joy
For fans, there really is nothing to say really except David wrote another collection of stories and he’s reading them himself.
For newcomers I’d say start with his book ‘Naked’ so you have some context for the family Sedaris.
How rare and wonderful to know, with absolute certainty, that you will love a book, and more importantly the voice that is reading it will be perfect. And it is.
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- sarah
- 18-06-2018
Loved it !
Absolutely loved this book. I could listen to Sedaris talk forever :) I heard a couple of the stories before but I didn’t mind, still had me laughing out loud
As a Book publicist - he would be my dream author to go work a tour with.
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- HF
- 07-09-2018
Loved it, loved it, loved it
I've glanced at the bits and pieces of David Sedaris's writing before and enjoyed it well enough, but never got the absolute devotion of his fans. Well I do now.
To be frank, when I listened to the sample I wasn't sure I would want to listen to his delivery at length, but then I laughed and laughed again, and went ahead and got the audiobook. I absolutely loved it. So much so, I bought a copy of the book as a birthday present the next week. I eked it out towards the end so it wouldn't be done with, and now I'm about to get more of his audiobooks.
It has made me laugh aloud so many times, but there's also touching and revealing sections, which are brilliantly judged. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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- Naomi Anderlini
- 25-09-2021
I love the stand up bits as much as I love the reading
Listening to David Sedaris retell his stories is such a delight! I didn’t love this as much as “me talk pretty one day” but it’s certainly entertaining!
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- Ben
- 17-01-2020
another great sedaris book
i've made my way through most of his material and it does kind of blur into one long anthology of biographical stories. this one does feel more personal and intimate with stories on his sister who suicided and his extremely frail and elderly father.
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- Jacinta
- 25-01-2021
Sedaris is brilliant
I loved this book.Such a great storyteller.Give me more please.I could listen all day long.
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- Michael Sigley
- 03-07-2023
Typically entertaining
Really enjoyed this work. I've never been disappointed by a David Sedaris book. Totally relatable and reliable. Loved it.
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