Happy-Go-Lucky
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David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
About this listen
Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.
But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he's stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine.
As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger's teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone's son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter.
In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these 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.
©2022 David Sedaris (P)2022 Hachette Audio UKWhat listeners say about Happy-Go-Lucky
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- Joanne
- 17-11-2022
I'm gonna start taking my bra off
hilarious, irreverent, interesting. loved it all, and I'm off to buy another DS book
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- Ben
- 15-11-2024
another great sedaris anthology
what more is there to say. loved it. 15 word minimum acheivimg this by words
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-2022
A great read
I loved the book, especially with Sedaris' narration. Equal parts funny and profound, this book is a must read.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-2023
:-) / :-(
It is David Sedaris books in audio format only from now on for me. Laugh-out-loud funny in many parts but tempered with some serious and sad bits too.
Five stars.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-2023
Loved it!
Having David Sedaris himself narrate the book makes this all the more special.
An astute observation of our society during a period of Covid - marked with humour, tinges of sadness and a glorious use of language, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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- Sarah
- 19-02-2023
Not all laughs
While I really enjoyed this book and adore Sedaris’ brilliant, dry observations I was a little taken aback at how dark it was in parts. Much of the book discusses he and his siblings relationship with his father. Taking the descriptions at face value his father was most certainly abusive yet Sedaris goes to lengths not to label him
as such. Perhaps he is just letting us decide for ourselves. The blunt description of the abuse and a significant relationship suicide was not what I was expecting. There is no issue with either of these things but if like me you read the reviews and thought you were going to belly laugh your way through the entire experience - you will not. It is also an honest and damning reflection of the deterioration of American society. So yep - don’t let the title fool you. Highly recommend with a trigger warning
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- Sarah L. Butler
- 28-06-2022
Never fails…
… to make me smile. David Sedaris is an international treasure.
10/10 as always. Love from Australia.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-2023
Incredible
I envy those who have not yet listened to/read this lovely book. Onto the next one.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-08-2022
Sedaris is a comic genius.
It's pretty rare to find a book that makes you laugh out loud consistently through every chapter. Sedaris easily achieved that and what's more, has made me fall in love with his personality along the way.
My only concern is that, living in Australia, I won't get to see him perform live, but maybe I'm wrong?
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- 10-01-2024
Over too soon
Going about my day listening to David tell his stories was a joy I didn’t want to end. I’m off to buy another of his audiobooks now..
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