The Best of Me

by David Sedaris

First published 2020

David Sedaris returns with a career-spanning anthology of his funniest, most insightful stories. Blending comedy and pathos, Sedaris lays bare the absurdities of daily life, from family strife to social missteps. Whether observing the mundane or plumbing the depths of his own neuroses, his wit and empathy never falter, revealing the profound within the profane. Fans will delight in revisiting favorites, while newcomers will discover why Sedaris has been hailed as "the funniest man alive."

Genres: essays, anthologies, american-fiction, autobiography, contemporary, biography-memoir, comedy, 21st-century

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical

Tropes: unreliable-narrator

Period: 21st-Century

576 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company

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