![]() But it’s still fresh, still funny, and still a salve for hard times. Loyal readers who plowed through the two diary collections, “Theft By Finding” and “A Carnival of Snackery,” will recognize some of the material here. But the sun around which this entire collection orbits is Sedaris’s dad, Lou, who the author has spent a lifetime trying to figure out. ![]() He urges young people to move away from their hometown and to write lots of thank-you notes. In another, he plays along with staffers at his dad’s nursing home who think he’s comedian Dave Chappelle. In one essay, he visits a gun range and marvels that they sell boxer briefs with a holster in the back. Meanwhile, Sedaris is still working to resolve the anger and pain he feels. ![]() ![]() Sedaris started down this path with his 2018 collection, “Calypso.” And four years later, amid an unrelenting pandemic, racial unrest and ever-more-divisive politics, there’s even more to be gloomy about.Īs usual, Sedaris highlights the random weirdness and hilarity of modern life. In 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris reflects on his fraught relationship with his dad. But the tone here is more somber, even melancholy, as he explores topics like gun violence, aging, and the sudden but not wholly unexpected death of his 98-year-old father. His newest collection, the ironically titled “Happy-Go-Lucky,” is just as funny and irreverent as his previous works. ![]()
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