Calypso

Author/Creator:

Sedaris, David, author

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, [2018]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Calypso / David Sedaris

Uniform Title:

Essays. Selections

Related/Included Titles:

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/Genre

Genre:

Essays
Humor

Subjects:

Sedaris, David--Anecdotes
Aging--Anecdotes
Mortality
American wit and humor

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Summary:

Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

viii, 259 pages ; 22 cm

General Note:

"May 2018"--Title page verso.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936751455102486

ISBN:

9780316392389
0316392383
9781408707821
1408707829

OCLC Number:

992225285

Barcode:

050000098929