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Calypso

David Sedaris

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Conan praised Sedaris's book, noting its mix of humor and poignancy, especially the parts about family, a beach house, and confronting illness.

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And the New York Times, for my last book, they said... Is this Calypso? Yeah. Yeah. I didn't see the need to trouble him with that stuff.

— Episode: David Sedaris

Episode: David Sedaris

Conan praised Sedaris's book, noting its mix of humor and poignancy, especially the parts about family, a beach house, and confronting illness.

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And the New York Times, for my last book, they said... Is this Calypso? Yeah. Yeah. I didn't see the need to trouble him with that stuff.

You know, I thought, I read Calypso and I thought you were very sweet about your dad. And I honestly didn't.

I think the nicest thing about Calypso that's something I can relate to is the book keeps coming back to the fact that you bought this beach house in North Carolina and you want your family with you and you want all of you guys to be together.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

The title was listed among Sedaris's works in the opening segment.

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His books, Happy Go Lucky, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Calypso, A Carnival of Snackery. The best titles ever.

— Episode: David Sedaris #5

Episode: David Sedaris #5

The title was listed among Sedaris's works in the opening segment.

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His books, Happy Go Lucky, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Calypso, A Carnival of Snackery. The best titles ever.

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