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Sedaris’s best collection since When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

August 23, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I approach a David Sedaris book in the same way I used to approach an Eminem album with the question “What has happened since the last album?” In the case of Sedaris it’s “What has happened since the last book?”. Sedaris is a fearless writer, sometimes painfully so, and that fearlessness and willingness to expose some ugly behavior make his writing compelling whether you like him or not. Happy Go Lucky was written before and during (because it hasn’t ended) the pandemic. That would be […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: comedy, David Sedaris, Happy Go Lucky, non-fiction essays

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: comedy, David Sedaris, Happy Go Lucky, non-fiction essays ·
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