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Audiobook

Calypso

Call Number

  • COMPACT DISC 814 S447.5 (CEN)

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Edition

Unabridged.

Performers

Read by the author.

Publication Information

[New York] : Hachette Audio, [2018]

Physical Description

6 audio discs (approximately 6 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Summary

David Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk, and also Sedaris' darkest and warmest book yet.

Notes

Compact discs.

Contents

  • Company man
  • Now we are five
  • Little guy
  • Stepping out
  • A house divided
  • The perfect fit
  • Leviathan
  • Your English is so good
  • Calypso
  • A modest proposal
  • The silent treatment
  • Untamed
  • The one(s) who got away
  • Sorry
  • Boo-hooey
  • A number of the reasons I've been depressed lately
  • Why aren't you laughing?
  • I'm still standing
  • The spirit world
  • And while you're up there, check on my prostate
  • The Comey memo.

Subjects

Added Authors

Daniel Hart